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UNITED STATES ARMY 

TRANSPORT SERVICE 

REGULATIONS 



1914 




WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1914 



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War Department, 

Document No. 465. 

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War Department, 
Office of the Chief of Staff, 

Washington, April 4, 1914- 
The following United States Army Transport Service Regula- 
tions, prepared under the direction of the Quartermaster General 
of the Army, are approved and herewith issued for the information 
and government of all concerned ; they will not be modified except 
by specific authority given in each case. 
By order of the Secretary of War: 

Leonard Wood, 
Major General, Chief of Staff. 



UNITED STATES ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE 
REGULATIONS. 



ORGANIZATION. 



1. The Army Transport Service is organized as a special branch 
of the Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, for the purpose of 
transporting troops and supplies by water. 

All necessary expenses incident to that service will be paid from 
the appropriations made for the support of the Army. 

2. (a) In time of peace the Transport Service will be under the 
supervision of the Quartermaster General and conducted by its 
own officers and employees and made, as far as practicable, inde- 
pendent of other branches of the service. 

Such matters as relate to medical attendance will be under the 
supervision of the Surgeon General of the Army. 

To insure efficient service the officers representing the different 
departments in the Transport Service must use their best endeavors 
in cooperating with each other in the execution of the duties re- 
spectively intrusted to them. 

(b) Under war conditions, i. e., where ports of embarkation for 
the scene of intended hostilities have been established, the Trans- 
port Service at such ports will be under the supervision of the com- 
mander of the port of embarkation, whose duties are in part as 
follows: 

(1) To make all detailed arrangements for the embarkation of 
troops. 

(2) To see that the ships furnished him by the Quartermaster 
Corps are properly fitted out for use as transports. 

(3) To operate and maintain military traffic between his port 
and the over-sea base through a superintendent of transport service 
who is a member of his staff. 

(4) To command all administrative groups assigned to the port 
of embarkation and to be directly responsible to the War Depart- 
ment for the efficient and economical direction of their operations. 



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The commander of the port of embarkation, his staff and per- 
sonnel, are not subject to the orders of the commander of the troops 
at the concentration camp nor the latter to the orders of the former. 

The commander of the port of embarkation prepares the sched- 
ules for the distribution and embarkation of the troops, materiel, 
and supplies on transports. The commander of the camp issues 
the orders necessary to carry out these schedules. Under all con- 
ditions these schedules will be made only after consultation with 
the commander of the troops involved. 

When a landing or disembarkation in the face of opposition is 
anticipated, the distribution and plan of embarkation wiU be made 
to suit the tactical requirements of the situation, and in case of 
difference of opinion the final decision will rest with the commander 
of the troops. 

When no opposition to landing is expected the final decision will 
rest with the commander of the port of embarkation. 

Cordial cooperation between these commanders is essential to the 
efficient performance of their respective duties. 

3. The headquarters of each line of transports in the United 
States are termed home ports. 

Each home port will have the necessary equipment of officers 
and employees and be provided with proper terminal facilities, 
including wharfage, storage room, and offices. 

4. The general organization of the personnel for each home port 
will be as follows, subject to such reduction as may be practicable: 

(1) General superintendent. 

(2) Assistants to general superintendent. 

(3) Medical .superintendent. 

(4) Signal Corps superintendent. 

(5) Marine superintendent. 

(6) Assistant marine superintendent, 

(7) Superintending engineer. 

(8) Assistant to superintending engineer. 

(9) Port steward. 

(10) Quartermaster purveyor.. 

(11) Chief stevedore. 

(12) Army transport agent at over-sea ports, where there is 

no officer of the Quartermaster Corps. 
On each transport: . 

(1) Master. 

(2) Transport surgeon. 

(3) Quartermaster agent. 



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5. The general superintendent and his assistants, the medical 
superintendent, and the Signal Corps superintendent will be as- 
signed by orders from the War Department. The transport surgeon 
will be designated for the voyage under instructions from the Sur- 
geon General of the Army from among the officers assigned by the 
War Department to duty in the Transport Service with station at 
the home port. 

6. The Quartermaster General will appoint the marine superin- 
tendent and his assistant, the superintending engineer and his 
assistant, the port steward, the quartermaster purveyor, chief steve- 
dore, the master and other ship's officers, the quartermaster agent, 
and Army transport agents at over-sea ports. 

7. Upon the recommendation of the general superintendent, the 
medical superintendent, and the Signal Corps superintendent, the 
chiefs of those departments will authorize the employment of such 
number of accountants, bookkeepers, clerks, messengers, watch- 
men, and others as may be necessary to transact the business of the 
service at home and foreign ports and on board the transports with 
certainty and dispatch. In cases of emergency, superintendents 
will direct the employment of additional men and report action to 
the chiefs of their respective bureaus. 

GENERAL DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

8 (a) General superintendent. — Under peace conditions to be an 
officer of the Quartermaster Corps, with headquarters at the home 
port, and charged with the entire administration of the service, 
pursuant to its regulations and the requirements of law, except 
such matters as relate to the Medical Department. The general 
superintendent will, under peace conditions, receive his general 
instructions from the Quartermaster General and all orders, ex- 
cepting such as relate to the Medical Department, relative to the 
service will be made to and through him. He will be responsible 
for the efficient and economical administration of the service and 
the maintenance and operation of the vessels engaged therein; for 
the accountability and disbursement of all funds furnished for the 
operation of the Transport Service except as otherwise directed; 
for the management and security of all property and for the satis- 
factory service of all the officers and employees under his direction; 
for the assignment of authorized passengers to staterooms upon all 
transports leaving the home port; he will be charged under the pro- 



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visions of law and Regulations of the Army Transport Service with 
the procuring' and accounting for all services and supplies, except 
such as pertain to the Medical Department, required for the estab- 
lishment and satisfactory maintenance of the service by such means 
as shall be in conformity with the law and be most advantageous 
and economical to the Government. 

(6) Under war conditions, where ports of embarkation have been 
established, the general superintendent will be an officer of the 
Quartermaster Corps on the staff of the commander of the port of 
embarkation, under whom he is charged with the entire adminis- 
tration of the Transport Service, pursuant to its regulations and the 
requirements of law, except such matters as relate to the Medical 
Department. 

9. Assistant to general superintendent. — To be an officer of the 
Quartermaster Corps, stationed with the general superintendent, 
and acting underhis immediate direction, and as his deputy when 
the general superintendent is absent. He will perform such duties 
as may be assigned to him by the general superintendent. 

10. Medical superintendent. — To be an officer of the Medical De- 
partment of the Army, stationed at the home port, who will report 
to the general superintendent and act as his advisor in sanitary 
matters and in the administration of the medical service on board. 
He will make personal and minute inspection of each transport on 
arrival and prior to departure and will submit to the general super- 
intendent such recommendations relative to food supply and sani- 
tation as he may deem needful. He will make or cause the trans- 
port surgeon to make the necessary inspection of persons embarking 
or disembarking to determine whether any have infectious disease, 
and will detain and make proper disposition of persons having infec- 
tious diseases and will provide for the reception and care of military 
persons unfit to travel. 

He will make himself familiar with all the quarantine laws and 
facilities that may exist at home and over-sea ports and will be re- 
sponsible for the efficient administration of the medical depart- 
ment of the Transport Service. 

11. Signal Corps superintendent. — To be an officer of the Signal 
Corps^ stationed at the home port, who will report to the general 
superintendent and act as his advisor in connection with the ad- 
ministration of the radio service. He will inspect the radio appa- 
ratus of transports upon their arrival at and previous to departure 
from each home port, special attention being paid at each inspec- 



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tion to the efficiency of the auxiliary transmitting apparatus. He 
will see that efficient operators are provided and that suitable spare 
parts are on hand. When transports are temporarily placed out of 
commission, he will see that the storage batteries and other parts 
of the radio sets are properly cared for. 

12. Marine superintendent. — To be a person skilled in the naviga- 
tion, handling, loading, and care of ships in port and at sea, and 
familiar with the duties of masters and other officers on board of sea- 
going vessels of the first class. Under direction of the general super- 
intendent, the marine superintendent will have personal charge of 
all transports at the home port, will supervise and direct their 
movements, docking, loading, and repairs of the hull, deck, and 
steward's departments, and be responsible for their care and main- 
tenance in a condition of complete efficiency at all times and inall 
respects other than in matters pertaining to the superintending 
engineer. The marine superintendent will be responsible for the 
discipline and efficiency of the deck department employees of all 
vessels; he will inspect every transport on arrival and prior to de- 
parture, and will recommend to the superintending engineer for 
authorization by the general superintendent such interior repairs 
or alterations or improvements as he may consider necessary or ad- 
visable in the interests of the service. He will supervise and direct 
the quartermaster purveyor and chief stevedore in the discharge of 
their duties and will perform such other duties as may be directed 
by the general superintendent. 

13. Assistant to marine superintendent. — To be a person of similar 
qualifications to those of the marine superintendent, to assist him in 
the discharge of his duties, and to perform such duties as may be 
assigned to him by the marine superintendent. 

14. Superintending engineer.— To be a person familiar with the 
construction and repair of seagoing vessels, and skilled in the de- 
signing, construction , and practical management of marine engines 
and their appurtenances, including electrical, ventilating, heating, 
and sanitary, and other appliances in use in seagoing vessels of the 
first class. Under direction of the general superintendent, the 
superintending engineer will be responsible for the care and main- 
tenance in a condition of complete efficiency at all times of all the 
steam and mechanical appliances in the transports, and for the re- 
pairs, alterations, and improvements in hull or machinery that may 
be authorized . He will make personal inspection of the machinery 
and mechanical appliances on board on arrival and again prior to 



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the departure of each transport, and will recommend to the general 
superintendent such repairs, renewals, and modifications as he 
shall deem needful. He will be responsible for the discipline and 
efficiency of the engineer's department employees of all vessels 
and for the economical and satisfactory working of the machinery 
and steam and electrical appliances. He will perform such other 
duties as may be directed by the general superintendent. 

15. Assistant to superintending engineer. — To be a person of sim- 
ilar qualifications to those of the superintending engineer, to assist 
him in the discharge of his duties, and to perform such duties as 
may be assigned him by the superintending engineer. 

16. Port steward.— To be a person skilled in cabin and saloon 
equipment and maintenance of seagoing vessels of the first class. 
He will inspect the refrigerators and storerooms for subsistence sup- 
plies of transports and see that everything is in proper condition to 
receive the stores. Upon the arrival of a transport he will inspect 
all perishable stores remaining on hand and recommend the dispo- 
sition of the same. He will, in conjunction with the chief steward, 
inspect all subsistence stores received for use aboard the transport 
and render reports in all cases to the general superintendent. 

17. Quartermaster purveyor. — To be a person skilled in matters 
connected with the supplies required in the equipment and mainte- 
nance of seagoing vessels of the first class. He will examine and 
keep the records of requisitions for all quartermaster's departments 
and submit the engineer's to the superintending engineer, deck to 
the marine superintendent, and steward's to the port steward. He 
will, under direction of the marine superintendent, inspect all sup- 
plies furnished on said requisitions. He will perform such other 
duties as may be assigned to him by the marine superintendent. 

18. Chief stevedore.— To be a person skilled in the safe and eco- 
nomical loading of seagoing vessels, and under direction of the 
marine superintendent will be responsible for the loading and dis- 
charge of the transports at the home port according to such instruc- 
tions as to points of delivery as he may receive. He will employ 
such number of stevedores, laborers, and watchmen as may be nec- 
essary and authorized by the general superintendent from time to 
time and be responsible for their service and discipline. He will 
also have charge of the storage and care of freights delivered at the 
wharf for shipment and be responsible for the preservation and se- 
curity of wharf and property. He will perform such other duties 
as may be assigned to him by the marine superintendent. 



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19. At over-sea ports to which a regular service is maintained the 
quartermaster, or army transport agent in case there is no quarter- 
master, shall be responsible for making all necessary arrangements 
for the mooring, docking, lightering, loading, and discharge of the 
transport ships arriving at their respective ports, and shall receive 
and receipt to the quartermaster agent for all stores and property 
consigned to and unloaded at the ports in accordance with the forms 
prescribed by the general superintendent. They shall also invoice 
to and take receipt from the quartermaster agent for all stores or 
property shipped on the transport from their respective ports and 
keep a record of their transactions. The general superintendent 
will furnish to the quartermaster at over-sea ports the necessary 
books and blanks for the proper transaction of the business con- 
nected with the Army Transport Service. 

20. Master. — The master will be the representative on board of 
ship of the general superintendent, and all orders for the ship will 
be given to him. He will have the general direction of the move- 
ments of the ship and be in general charge of its business and re- 
sponsible for the proper care and protection of the passengers and 
freight until arrival and delivery at destination. He will leave the 
chief engineer of the ship to exercise full and unquestioned control 
and authority over all matters within his technical purview and 
for which he is professionally responsible as the immediate head of 
the engine department. 

21. The master will be furnished by the general superintendent 
before sailing with the names of the cabin passengers and the state- 
rooms to which assigned. No modifications in such assignments 
will be permitted until arrival at the next port, when vacancies in 
staterooms will be reassigned by the master in accordance with 
rank and in the absence of rank in the same order as originally as- 
signed by the general superintendent. 

22. The master will furnish the commanding officer of the troops 
with one copy of all sailing orders. 

23. The master is to be charged with the preparation of all the 
ship's papers required by law and prescribed by the general super- 
intendent. 

24. He must make all arrangements for having the crew sign the 
ship's articles, etc. , and have on board the official log, copy of agree- 
ment with the crew, and officers' and engineers' certificates. 

25. Upon the arrival of an Army transport at a foreign port the 
master will call in person at the United States embassy or legation, 



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if there is one at the port, and at the United States consulate, and 
report the arrival of his ship in port. 

26. The master will be provided with small printed plans of all 
decks of his ship, copies of which will be mailed by the general 
superintendent to commanding officers of troops to embark, and 
posted under glass on all decks. 

27. Transport surgeon. — To each transport will be assigned a 
transport surgeon who, under the direction of the medical super- 
intendent and the commanding officer of troops, will act as medical 
officer and will be in command, for administrative purposes only, 
of all enlisted men permanently attached to the ship. He will 
be held responsible for the proper equipment and supply of the 
hospital, for the proper and thorough sanitation of the ship, for 
the satisfactory service of the hospital attendants, and for the care 
and treatment of the sick and injured among the ship's officers, 
crew, casual passengers, and for all patients in hospital. When 
there are medical officers on duty with troops on board, the trans- 
port surgeon will provide hospital accommodations, supplies, 
and attendants for the sick of the command and the families of 
officers and enlisted men pertaining to it, 

28. Quartermaster agent. — To each transport shall be assigned 
a quartermaster agent, who under the supervision of the master 
will have charge of the steward's department and the subsistence 
of troops and all authorized persons on the transport; and as bonded 
officer of the Government will receive and turn over to the general 
superintendent upon return to home port all funds received from 
passengers for subsistence and also from authorized sales. 

29. The quartermaster agent, under supervision of the master, 
will be held responsible for the proper administration, good order, 
and cleanliness of the steward's department; for the discipline, 
good conduct, and efficiency of its employees; and for the proper 
supply, care, and issue of subsistence stores. He will keep a record 
upon the prescribed forms of daily expenditures of stores, filing 
therewith the daily issue slips as subvouchers. lie will take 
monthly and at the end of each voyage an accurate inventory and 
make a'careful inspection of all suosistence stores on his transport. 
He will see that the savings of fat, slush, etc., and all empty vinegar, 
pickle, beef, butter, and other barrels, boxes, etc., which may be 
salable, are stored and turned over at the home port to the 
authorized representative of the general superintendent, 



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30. The quartermaster agent will submit to the home office at the 
close of each month a statement of expenditures showing quantities 
issued, their money value by items and by messes, together with 
copies of theseveral bills of fare and such other information as 
may be required by the general superintendent. He will also 
forward to the general superintendent for use as vouchers to his 
accounts and returns a copy of the abstract of subsistence stores 
expended and of the list of passengers, and at the end of each 
month will forward to the Quartermaster General, through the gen- 
eral superintendent, a complete return on the prescribed form of 
all civilians employed during the month in all departments aboard 
ship. 

31. The quartermaster agent will be in immediate charge, under 
the supervision and direction of the master, of the transport office, 
and of all clerical work m connection therewith; and responsible 
for the conduct and efficiency of its employees. 

32. The quartermaster agent, under the supervision of the 
master, will see that the ship is properly supplied at all times 
with the necessary mess utensils, scrubbing and cleaning materials, 
disinfectants, etc., and that cabins are provided with all the neces- 
sary furniture, bed linen, and towels; and he will keep on board for 
issue on memorandum receipt to the quartermaster of the embarking 
command: 

Brooms. 4 to each company. 

Mops, 4 to each company. ' 

Buckets, 4 to each company. 
And, in addition, on transports carrying animals: 

Stable brooms, 6 to each 100 head. 

Stable forks, 6 to each 100 head. 

Buckets, 6 to each 100 head. 

Shovels, short-handle, 4 to each 100 head. 

Manure baskets, 4 to each 100 head. 

Hoes, 4 to each 100 head. 

Brooms, 4 to each 100 head. 
The quartermaster agent will see that the blankets and clothing 
kept on hand for loan to casuals are numbered for the purpose 
of identification. The blankets will be numbered in the center 
and on each corner with indelible ink. 

33. Transport quartermaster. — Whenever the exigency of the 
service requires the assignment to a transport of an officer of the 
Army as transport quartermaster, he will relieve the master of 



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all prescribed administrative duties not connected with the 
navigation of the ship (pars. 20-26; 36-39 A. T. S. Regulations) and 
he will assume all the duties prescribed for the quartermaster 
agent. 

GENERAL RULES. 

34. As a rule separate staterooms will be provided for general 
officers and for the commanding officer of the troops, if of rank of 
field officer. The quarters permanently assigned to the transport 
surgeon, master, quartermaster agent, or other permanent officers of 
the transport will not be for assignment; subject to the foregoing 
exceptions only, staterooms or berths will be assigned according to 
rank. 

35. Neither the wives nor members of families of the transport 
surgeon, the snip's officers, the quartermaster agent, clerks^ and 
enlisted men assigned to duty on the transport shall be permitted 
to accompany them on the ship at sea. 

REPORTS. 

36. The master on each United States Army transport engaged in 
Atlantic or Pacific traffic shall at the beginning of each voyage, 
or as soon thereafter as practicable, forward through the general 
superintendent of the home port to the Quartermaster General, 
a complete passenger list of all officers of the Army^ and their 
servants and of all persons not belonging to any military organ- 
ization aboard who were transported as passengers on such voy- 
age, giving a copy of the authority under which he furnished 
transportation to each, or making proper reference to such authority 
if previously furnished. The names of officers of the Army and 
their servants and of passengers not entitled to free subsistence 
aboard will be grouped together in one class on these lists, and 
the names of those entitled to subsistence free will be grouped in 
another. Masters on United States Army transports engaged in 
interisland traffic will forward similar passenger lists to the depart- 
ment quartermaster of the department in which employed. 

37 . Whenever any Army transport arrives at or is about to depart 
from a terminal port on a transoceanic voyage, its arrival or depar- 
ture will be reported by the master as follows: In the Philippine 
Islands, to the department quartermaster, and in the United 
States;, to the general superintendent, who will immediately notify 



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the adjutant general of the department in which the port is located. 
The report in each case will show the name of the transport, the 
date of its arrival or departure, and the designation of the organi- 
zations, and the names of the officers on board as passengers. The 
report will be telegraphed, if the department headquarters is so far 
from the terminal port that it is impracticable to deliver the report 
without delay in person or by messenger. This report will not 
include either the names or numbers of officers and enlisted men, 
not passengers, who are serving under regular detail in the trans- 
port service. In case of sailing originally from a port of embarka- 
tion this report, upon arrival at an over-sea base, will be made to 
the base quartermaster. 

38. Immediately on the return to the home port from each voyage 
the master will render upon the prescribed form a report of the ex- 
penditures, passengers and freight, with a comparative statement 
oi the cost upon the basis of lowest obtainable rates for transporta- 
tion and showing the difference in cost, whether in favor of the 
transport service or not. Under war conditions, when operating 
from a port of embarkation, the comparative statement of this re- 
port may be dispensed with. 

39. In case of death among the registered passengers on an Army 
transport, i. e., officers and enlisted men not belonging to distinct 
commands on board, as well as civilians and employees, the master 
will secure the effects and prepare a letterto the nearest relative 
setting forth the name, rank, company, regiment, employment, or 
condition of the deceased; place, cause, day and hour of death; 
disposition made of remains and effects, and list of the latter, and 
matt the communication at the earliest opportunity. Such noti- 
fication of death in case of an^ officer, enlisted man, or civilian em- 
ployee of the Army will also include the information that, if it be 
desired, the remains will be shipped home at Government expense 
upon application therefor by the nearest relative, addressed to 
the Quartermaster General, Washington, D. C; but if not ap- 
plied for within six weeks after arrival at port in the United 
States the remains will be buried in a post or national cemetery and 
will not be disinterred thereafter and shipped home at public ex- 
pense. The notification should also state that inquiries concerning 
the pay and effects of deceased officers and soldiers should be ad- 
dressed to the Auditor for the War Department, Washington, D. C, 
and, in case of civilian employees, to the staff bureau of the War 
Department under which they were employed. 



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RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SHIP'S 
COMPANY. 

40. All employees in the Army Transport Service upon their 
entry shall be sworn to observe its regulations, to obey the lawful 
orders of their superiors, and to use their utmost endeavors to carry 
such orders into effect with promptitude and zeal. 

Any commissioned officer on duty in the Army Transport Service, 
authorized to employ men in its service, is authorized to administer 
the oath of service. 

41. Punishments shall be in strict conformity to law and in ac- 
cordance with the usages of the sea service, and will follow the 
offense as promptly as circumstances will permit. 

42. The following punishments may be imposed: 

(1) Upon the ship's officers — private reprimand; suspension from 
duty, or confinement. 

(2) Upon the ship's company — reduction of rating; confinement 
with or without irons; confinement on bread and water not exceed- 
ing five days; deprivation of liberty on shore; extra duties; and 
forfeiture of pay under section 4596, Revised Statutes. 

43. Deserters from the Army Transport Service shall forfeit all 
pay due them at the time of desertion. 

44. Absence without leave for a period of three day3 may be re- 
garded as desertion. 

45. Any absence without leave with a manifest intention not to 
return shall be regarded as desertion. 

46. A reward not exceeding 15 days' pay may be offered for the 
recovery of a deserter, and such amount may be deducted from 
the pay that may subsequently become due him. The Government 
will not be responsible" for the payment of rewards for the appre- 
hension of deserters, the matter being left to the discretion of the 
master. 

47. Paragraphs 40 to 46, inclusive, will be read to all employees 
before they take the oath of service and sign the shipping articles^ 

48. The ship's company is divided into four departments, viz, 
the deck department, the engine department, the steward's 
department, and the hospital department. 

All employees must make themselves familiar with the rules and 
regulations of the transport service and observe them strictly. For 
this purpose copies of the regulations will be supplied to the heads 
of departments for the use of their subordinates. 



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49. Every person exercising authority of any kind is required to 
exact from all under him prompt and implicit obedience to and 
cheerful compliance with his orders, and it is required of all that 
they observe a respectful demeanor in word and act whenever they 
address or are addressed by their superiors. 

50. Employees in their intercourse with each other and with all 
others on board must observe a decorous and civil deportment. 

51. The uniform prescribed for the several classes of employees 
will be habitually worn on board ship and at all other times and 
places when on duty. All employees must present at all times a 
neat, clean, and orderly appearance. 

52. Improper, profane, or boisterous language or conduct is 
strictly forbidden. 

53. While on duty employees will not smoke or engage in any 
conversation or occupation not directly connected with their duty. 

54. No communication with reference to the ship or its affairs 
will be made by any employee to others than his superiors in the 
service. 

55. No employee shall be engaged in the conveyance or transport 
of any articles or packages other than such as are officially author- 
ized, or in any traffic, sale, or barter on board ship. 

56. The steam whistle must be blown at least every minute when 
the ship is under vvay in thick weather. Both at sea and in port the 
signals enjoined by the rules of the road must be strictly observed, 
and the prescribed signal lights must always be set in proper 
position at sunset and kept burning until daylight. 

57. In port an officer must always be on deck and a petty officer 
or wheelman at all gangways. 

58. When the ship is at 'anchor the watch, night and day, will 
consist of a junior officer, wheelman, and the requisite number of 
seamen. 

59. The ship's company must be mustered at the boats before 
sailing, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and at least once each 
week while ac sea, so they will know the boat to which they belong. 
They must also bo mustered at fire quarters at least once each 
passage, tho hose stretched fore and aft on deck and below, water run 
through it under pressure, the faco to be recorded in the ship's log 
book and a report made to the marine superintendent in writing by 
the chief officer on the ship's arrival. 

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GO. When in port care must be taken that the harbor and dock- 
regulations are not violated by refuse being thrown overboard or 
otherwise. 

61. The ship's log must be a careful, detailed, and accurate 
record of current events. No erasures are to be made in tho log or 
any leaves removed or closed up. Any errors in the log are to be 
corrected by ruling lines through them in red ink and attaching 
the initials of the officer making the alteration. 

62. No intoxicating liquors of any kind will be brought or secretly 
used on board by any employee, and no issues of any intoxicating 
liquor will be made to employees except on the recommendation of 
the transport surgeon approved by the master. 

63. No employee will leave the ship without order or authorized 
leave of absence. When in port leaves of absence of not to exceed 
12 hours may be granted by the heads of departments to their 
employees when their services can be spared, if approved by the 
master. Leave of absence for a longer period than 12 hours must 
also be approved by the general superintendent. 

DECK DEPARTMENT. 

64. Master. — The master shall have full and paramount control 
of the na\igation of the ship and be responsible for the discipline 
and efficiency of the crew including the enlisted men permanently 
attached to the ship. He must maintain and enforce strict dis- 
cipline at all times and require his authority and the authority of 
the officers to be thoroughly respected by all persons on board. 

^ 65. He must make himself thoroughly familiar with the regula- 
tions of the ser\ace and the orders made from time to time, and will 
be responsible for their strict observance so far as the ship is 
concerned . 

The most careful attention will be paid to compliance with the 
law and regulations governing immigration into ports touched at 
by transports, as w ell as at terminal points ; all officers and employees 
of the Army Transport Service being strictly enjoined to cooperate 
in every way possible with the officials of the Immigration Service 
in the discharge of their respective duties. In case of question or 
reasonable doubt regarding the landing of any party or parties 
from an Army transport, the matter will be presented immediately 
to the local immigration officials, and action taken according to 
(heir interpretation of the law and regulations in the premises. 



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66. He must see and satisfy himself that his vessel is in all respects 
seaworthy and properly fitted for the voyage, directing special 
attention to the hull, boats, davits, rigging of all kinds, steering 
g-ear, pumps, fire engines, lights and signals, deadlights, side ports, 
wind sails, ventilators, gangways, companion ladders, etc. 

67. He must pay close attention to compasses and chronometers 
and see that no opportunity is neglected to ascertain their errors 
and have the same noted for comparison on the next voyage. 

68. He must acquaint himself with the navigation laws and rules 
and the customs and quarantine laws and regulations of the United 
States and conform to them in all respects. 

69. He shall be in daily attendance at the ship, both at home 
and abroad, during loading and discharging, and shall at all times 
superintend in person any movement of the ship. 

70. Before leaving the ship the master will inform the chief 
officer and give him instructions as to the care of the ship during 
his absence. 

71. He shall have the ship ready to sail precisely at the time 
appointed. 

72. He shall specially attend to regulations in regard to lights 
and signals and the assignment of the crew to fire stations and boat 
stations and shall see that the lead is used on all proper occasions, 
particularly when nearing land, or when needed for the ship's 
position, and that this is entered in the log book. 

73. He is to be held responsible for the safe conduct of his vessel, 
notwithstanding the presence of a pilot, and also while bringing the 
ship to piers and docks, and he will be held strictly responsible for 
accidents occurring. 

74. He must himself take the bridge in thick weather and when 
approaching and leaving land, and keep it as much as possible while 
in channel or crowded waters, especially during night. 

75. He shall enter regularly in the night order book the course to 
be steered and all necessary instructions to the officer on duty, and 
this book shall be signed every night by the second, third, and 
fourth officers. 

76. When navigating narrow channels or crowded waters, and 
passing tows or deep-laden small craft, he must see that a safe and 
moderate rate of speed is maintained. 

77 . He shall regulate the speed of the vessel at sea, being especially 
careful in case of thick and heavy weather, when the speed will be 
checked and the lookout doubled. 



20 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS, 

78. He is to take special care that the boats of all kinds are con- 
stantly ready for immediate service, with all the gear in them prop- 
erly fitted and ready for hoisting them out; that the boat falls are 
kept rove, and the lowering apparatus at all times ready for use. 

79. The crew is to be properly organized for service of the boats 
and exercised weekly in boat drill. When in port or quiet waters 
they will get them out and handle them in the water. 

80. They must also be organized for fire service and drilled 
weekly in the use of the fire appliances. Each day before sunset 
it is to be ascertained that the fire engines and pumps are ready for 
immediate service, with hose screwed on, and that buckets with 
lanyards are at hand and kept filled. 

81. Strict attention must be paid to the lights on board. 

82. The master is to take care that cleanliness, dryness, and 
proper ventilation are at all times observed. 

83. Any neglect or inattention in regard to cleanliness or any 
other matter affecting the discipline of the ship which the master 
may observe on the part of the troops is to be brought to the notice 
of the commanding officer of the troops, in order that steps may 
be immediately taken for correcting and preventing it for the 
future. 

84. The master is to afford all needful facilities and assistance 
to the commanding officer of the troops in stowing and unstowing 
beds or hammocks, cleaning decks, drying and airing bedding, 
and for washing and drying clothes, and in ships carrying horses 
or mules will use the crew when necessary to assist in caring for 
them. 

85. The hold and lower part of the ship are at all times to be kept 
perfectly clean and well ventilated and free from noxious smells. 

86. Immediately after disembarking of troops and supplies the 
ship is to be thoroughly cleaned throughout. In case there should 
have been any sickness on board, special fumigations and extra 
whitewashing below, with a free use of the necessary disinfectants, 
are to be resorted to at once, as may be indicated by the ship's 
surgeon or other competent authority. 

87. When aedessary to fumigate transports, the quartermaster 
agent will be given ample notification of such fact, and he will 
take steps to have subsistence stores which are liable to be injured, 
by the fumigation temporarily removed from the vessel. Proper 
arrangements to protect and guard the stores while so removed from 
the transport will be taken. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 31 

88. Collisions, groundings, and similar occurrences shall be 
entered in the ship's log book, with full and exact particulars. 

89. In case of collision or other occurrences of like nature he 
shall at once prepare a written report signed by him, to the general 
superintendent, detailing the circumstances in connection with the 
occurrence. If he is not on deck at the time of the casualty he 
Bhall, for the purpose of making his report, obtain from witnesses a 
verbal report of all the facts. 

90. First officer. — The first officer is the executive officer of the 
I ship and subject to the master's instructions; is particularly 
I; responsible for the good order and cleanliness of the ship, the 
I discipline and efficiency of the crew, and the serviceable con- 
| dition of all navigation and deck appliances. 

91. He must relieve the master or assist him on the bridge in 
I thick weather when approaching land or at any time when the 
X master may require his services. 

92. He muist station the officers and seamen and keep complete 
) watch and station bills, which are to be posted the day previous to 

sailing in some conspicuous place in the ship where the whole ship's 
i company can see them and perfect themselves in their several sta- 
i tions, and no alterations must be made in them without the master's 

knowledge and approval. 

93. He shall have a printed book containing an inventory of all 
stores in his department and will not allow any expenditure without 
an order signed by himself. In addition, he will be supplied with 
an expenditure book, showing the amounts received at each port, 
together with the amounts remaining on hand. He must submit 
requisitions for each trip to the master prior to arrival. 

94. He must make no alteration in the ship or rigging without 
consulting the master, and whether at sea or in port he must exam- 
ine or cause to be examined by the proper officer every part of the 
ship above and below deck every morning, and see that she is clear 
and in proper condition in all parts, and make his report to the mas- 
ter before 9.30 a. m. 

95. He will have the ship ready for inspection at a designated 
hour, when everything will be in thoroughly good order. 

96. He must see that the boats and rafts and their tackle are kept 
in perfect order, an.d their lockers kept constantly filled with signal 
lights, bread, and water, so that all may be ready day or night; and 
when the night watch is set he must see that a wheelman examines 
the bridge and quarter life buoys and have the hose fixed, buckets 



22 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS, 

in place, and the ship ready throughout for any emergency, and 
report these preparations to the master. Each lookout must call 
his station every half hour when the ship's bell strikes, adding the 
words, "All's well." 

97. He must be particular in keeping the ship's log and write it 
up carefully each day, giving the officer of the deck positive in- 
structions to make a note of everything that is of importance, so 
that the log may conform to the requirements of the regulations. 

98. He must always, both during loading and discharging, have 
an officer or petty officer in the hold to see that the cargo is properly 
handled and to prevent stealing, and when the cargo is discharged 
he must have every compartment of the ship thoroughly examined 
to see that nothing is left on board. No bags, cases, crates, etc. , will 
be* allowed to leave the ship in a broken condition , but whenever so 
found the officer in charge of the hold shall send for the carpenter 
and have the container immediately repaired. 

99. He must not permit anyone on board without authority, or 
allow any friends of the crew or others to be on board without per- 
mission from the master. 

100. Before arrival in port he must give a written list to the master 
lor the information of the chief engineer of all defects or derange- 
ments of steam windlass, capstans, or steering gear; also steam heat 
and exhaust pipes and all other mechanical arrangements in his 
department. 

101. When holds are empty he must examine, in company with 
the chief engineer or some one detailed by him, the steam jets for 
extinguishing lire connected with the various departments, see that 
they and their connections are in proper working order, and report 
then* condition in writing to the master. 

] 02. The ordinary requisitions for repairs must contain no request 
for any alterations or new work to any part of the structure of the 
ship. All requests or suggestions for these alterations or additions 
must be submitted in a letter from the master to the general super- 
intendent, with reasons therefor. Replacing necessary old articles 
(worn out) by new are repairs. 

103. Second, third, and fourth officers. — The second, third, and 
fourth officers will each have charge of a watch. They will be re- 
sponsible for the safety and proper navigation of the ship during 
their watch, for the accurate steering of the prescribed course, for 
the efficient service of the lookouts, and generally for the observance 
of all snipe's regulations' pertaining to deck duties during fcheir tour. 






ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS 28 

DECK OFFICER, 

104. The station of the officer of the deck is on the bridge while at 
a. He may visit other parts of the ship if his duties or necessity 

require it, but on no account will he leave the bridge without 
it another officer relieving him. While in port he will keep a general 

lookout for the ship; keeping a careful watch, seeing that fenders 
>are put over the sides when needed, and also look out for ports 
i:that they are not opened by unauthorized persons, and will perform 
I any other duties that may be assigned to him by the master or first 
J officer. 

105. From dark to daylight either a junior officer, wheelman, or 
boatswain must be constantly on the bridge with the senior officer. 

106. The officer of the deck must diligently observe that the 
; lookouts are vigilant and pay particular attention to the steering 

and the course the ship makes. He must examine the compasses 
^frequently, compare them during his watch, and take all proper 
steps for ascertaining their exact deviation. 

107. He is not to alter the course without acquainting the master, 
> unless it is to avoid some sudden danger. 

108. He must notify the master when land or ice is discovered, 
and when any unusual change in the weather or any unusual oceur- 

! rence is observed. 

109. He must have the hand and deep sea lines and leads at hand 
i ready for immediate use. 

110. He must see that the pumps are sounded at least once every 
watch and that the ship is pumped out whenever any compartment 
contains 2 inches more water than when the pumps usually suck. 

111. He must keep a vigilant outlook and preserve order in the 
ship and never permit an order to be executed in a careless or 

I slovenly manner. 

112. He must be particular in keeping all his watch on deck, be 
' the weather moderate or otherwise; must see that the ship and bin- 
: nacle lights are kept trimmed and in good order; that the time by 
; the deck timepiece is regularly attended to by night as well as by 

day; that the bells are properly struck every half hour, and that 
the reading of the log is noted every two hours at sea. 

113. He must take cross bearings frequently when possible to 
verify his position. . When the patent log is set, it is to be noted 
when abreast of particular marks or headlands. 

114. All data required for the careful navigation of the vessel 
must be noted in the log book. 



24 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 

115. The deck officer must sign his name to all transactions noted 
in the log at the termination of his watch, after the junior officer has 
filled up the same. 

116. He must always, when at anchor in harbor, acquaint himself 
with the condition of the cable, number of anchors down or ready 
to let go, scope of chain, and depth of water. 

117. In thick weather or at night he will keep a hand ready with a 
line. 

118. He is to deliver to the officer who may relieve him all orders 
that he may have received and which remain to be executed. 

119. No boats are to be allowed alongside without an order from 
the master, i 

120. In all cases when the ship seems to be approaching danger of 
any kind which can not be seen he is expressly commanded to stop 
the engines instantly, and, if necessary, to reverse them without 
waiting for the master's instructions. 

121. The deck officer must never give up charge of the deck dur- 
ing his watch, except with the knowledge and consent of the master, 
when he may be temporarily relieved for his meals, etc., by 
the third or fourth officer; but he must on no account leave the 
bridge to go below without another officer relieving him, and the 
bridge must never be left in charge of a junior officer in thick 
weather. 

ENGINE DEPARTMENT. 

122. The chief engineer is responsible for the care and good man- 
agement of all steam, propelling, pumping, hydraulic, refrigerating, 
electrical, auxiliary, and other apparatus on board, and all air, 
water, and steam pipes for sanitary, ventilating, and all heating, 
cooking, and other purposes. Heads of deck and steward's depart- 
ments will promptly report any defects to the chief engineer, and 
will prepare lists of known derangements or new requirements, to 
be handed to him before arrival, which he will investigate, and if 
necessary include in his list of repairs. He must use all the re- 
sources of his department to keep all machinery in proper working 
order, and will make detailed report of its performance and condi- 
tion and the repairs required through the master to the general 
superintendent. He will also supervise and keep himself fully 
acquainted with all repairs and alterations made in port. 

123. At sea he is responsible to the master for the general super- 
vision and conduct of his department. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 25 

124. He will have control over all persons in his department and 
will see that strict discipline and efficiency are maintained at all 
times. 

125. He will keep the watch, fire, and boat station bills in promi- 
nent and accessible places for the observation of the engine depart- 
ment crew, and see that they are familiar with their respective 
stations. 

126. He will keep the engine-room log, according to the form pre- 
scribed by the superintending engineer, being careful in making all 
entries, and in recording the times when the various orders to the 
engines are received. 

127. When under way, if from any cause he may find it necessary 
to stop the engines, he must at once acquaint the master or officer of 
the deck with the cause, and the probable duration of the stoppage, 
and if practicable consult the master before stopping the engines. 

128. He is responsible for the pumping of the ship so far as is 
possible with the main and auxiliary pumps. 

129. He will give close attention to the hold soundings, as re- 
ported to him by the carpenter, also to soundings taken in his own 
department, and keep these reports on file until the termination of 
the next succeeding voyage. 

130. He will see that the engines are worked accurately to signals 
from the bridge or deck, and also keep accurate memorandum for 
entry in the engineer's log. Before making official entry of any 
memorandum of this kind he should confer with the deck officers as 
to the same occurrence or transaction. 

131. He will also be careful to keep the time by which the engine 
department is worked in accord with that of the deck department. 

132. At sea he must fill up and hand to the master the form of 
daily report prescribed by the general superintendent. He will 
also on each voyage make such tests of the quality and efficiency 
of each kind of coal used for steaming purposes, and collect such 
data as will enable him to prepare and submit to the master on 
Form No. 235 a report as to the efficiency of the coal. The blank 
forms for this report will be furnished by the general superintendent. 

133. He is relieved of no part of his responsibility for the care 
and safety of the ship in port, and must at all times keep a suffi- 
cient number of men on board to work the steam pumps and hoists, 
according to the direction of the officer in charge of the deck or his 
representative. 

134. Before arrival at port he will prepare a careful list of all 
repairs, alterations, or changes that he may deem necessary for the 



ge ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS, 

proper and efficient working oi* his department for the ensuing 
voyage, and make report of what was done during the current 
voyage through the master to the general superintendent. 

135. He must have carefully prepared requisition and expendi- 
ture lists of fuel and stores used during the voyage and required 
for the subsequent voyage, and must make out a written report 
as to any article not up to the standard required by the service 
through the master to the general superintendent. 

136. Before arrival in port he must see that the cargo-hoisting 
engines are prepared for use. After he has had notice that the main 
engines are no longer required he will see that fire, steam, and 
water in main boilers are properly and safely disposed of and his 
department generally cleaned up and made ready for the inspection 
of the superintending engineer. A day or two before arrival in 
port he will see that all hands are turned out to clean down the 
engines and boilers as far as practicable. 

137. He must be present during the opening and overhauling of 
engines and boilers and have a general supervision of all repairs 
and alterations made, and the general condition of everything in 
his department. When the holds are empty, lie must examine, 
in company with the chief officer, the steam jets for extinguishing 
fire connected with the various compartments and see that they 
and their connections are in proper working order. 

138. He will be responsible for any infringement of the laws of 
the country to which the ship is bound, by any of his crew, and is 
expected to make thorough search at proper time (or when directed 
to do so by the master) for contraband goods or stowaways. 

139. He is responsible for the proper care and cleanliness of his 
crew's quarters, and is required to inspect the same each day^ at 
sea, and in port when they are occupied; also for the men being 
clean and properly dressed when called to muster for service or 
boats. In port the quarters must be thoroughly cleaned and pre- 
pared to receive the crew shipped for the ensuing voyage, locked 
up, and kept so until required for occupation. 

140. He will see that the ship is at no time left without an 
engineer on board. The duty of keeping watch at night in £orts 
in regular service, or when undergoing repairs, must be divided 
among the assistant engineers, according to the judgment of the 
chief engineer, provided always that the man left in charge is 
sufficiently well acquainted with all pipes and pumping facilities 
to work them promptly in case of emergency. He will make such 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 27 

arrangements for the meals of the engineers on night watch that 
the ship will at no time be left without their presence. 

141. In port he will see that the designation of the night-watch 
engineer is placed on a board to be hung at the ship's gangway, 
and that the private addresses of all engineers are given in and kept 
in some accessible place by the night watchman- He will see that 
sufficient steam pressure is at all times kept upon the auxiliary 
boiler and be prepared to work the pumps immediately upon notice. 

142. Twin-screw ships must at all times have two night-watch 
engineers, who will relieve each other in keeping alternate walking- 
watches. 

143. The chief engineer will at all times keep in view economy 
and high efficiency in his department and never fail to impress the 
importance of these considerations on his staff. He will see that 
his staff are all familiar with the use of the indicator, and that 
diagrams are taken from each cylinder, and that the indicated 
power is compared with the fuel expenditure, so that these impor- 
tant matters may always be before the officers of his department. 
He will see that a sufficient number of diagrams, representing the 
average work at sea, are sent through the master to the general 
superintendent with the other papers and reports at the end of 
each voyage. 

STEWARD'S DEPARTMENT. 

DUTIES OP CHIEF STEWARD. 

144. The chief steward has charge of the cabins, saloons, mess 
rooms, galleys, pantries, and other adjuncts of the steward's 
department, with their furniture, equipment, and articles neces- 
isary for efficient service. 

i 145. He will enforce absolute cleanliness and good order through- 
put his department, giving special attention to the supplies, refriger- 
ators, and storeroom, and to the cabin, saloon, and gallery furnish- 
ings. He will see that employees of the steward's department are 
clean and neat in appearance and attentive and polite in their 
duties, and that they wear the prescribed uniform. He will give 
as muchtime as practicable to the galleys and assure himself that 
nothing is wasted or misappropriated. He will inspect all portions 
jf the transport in his charge at least once a day, giving special at- 
tention to the cleanliness and ventilation, and will supervise the 
preparation and serving of meals, and see that in quality and quan- 



2$ ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS, 

iity the stores are good and satisfactory. He shall station a saloon! 
watch, who will report to the officer of the deck every hour. He 
will keep books showing receipt and expenditures of subsistence 
stores, so that he will know at all times the kind and quantity oJ 
stores on hand. He will submit to the quartermaster agent requisi- 
tions for such subsistence stores as may be required. 

146. He will report, in writing, to the master, through the quarter- 
master agent, any defects or deficiencies that he may discover in the 
working or mechanical appliances of his department. He will 
prepare the necessary requisitions for repairs in his department and 
for quartermaster's supplies and submit them, through the quarter- \ 
master agent and master, to the general superintendent. 

147. At the termination of a voyage he will have all the vacated 
staterooms thoroughly cleaned and put in order, and will report to 
the master, through the quartermaster agent, any deficiencies in thej 
articles belonging to the staterooms. 

MESSES. 

148. The following messes shall be established, when practicable 3 
on each ship of the transport service and on each hospital ship: 

1. Saloon mess. 

2. Ship's officers' mess. 

3. Ship's petty officers' mess. 

4. Sailors and firemen's mess. 

5. Troop mess. 

6. Hospital mess. 

149. Saloon mess. — The persons who may be subsisted in the 
saloon mess shall be the transport surgeon, master, quartermaster 
agent, quartermaster clerk, and female nurses assigned to the trans- 
port, all authorized persons traveling as first-class passengers, and 
the following ship's officers, viz : The first officer, the chief engineer, 
the first assistant engineer, and the chief steward. 

150. Ship's officers' mess. — The persons subsisted in the ship's 
officers' mess shall be the second, third, and fourth officers; the 
second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth assistant engineers; the refrig- 
erating engineers; the deck engineers; the electricians; the plumb- 
ers; the freight clerk-embalmers; civilian veterinarians; all au- 
thorized persons traveling as second-class passengers; and enlisted 
men of the following grades, viz: Sergeant major, regimental* 
sergeant major, senior grade, Coast Artillery Corps; master electri- 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 29 

cian, Coast Artillery Corps and Quartermaster Corps; master signal 
electrician; engineer, Coast Artillery Corps; electrician sergeant, 
first class, Coast Artillery Corps; ordnance sergeant; quartermaster 
sergeant, Quartermaster Corps; sergeant, first class, Hospital Corps 
and Quartermaster Corps; first-class signal sergeant; electrician 
sergeant, second class, Coast Artillery Corps; master gunner, Coast 
Artillery Corps; quartermaster sergeant and commissary sergeant, 
regimental; chief musician ; sergeant major, squadron and battalion; 
sergeant major, junior grade, Coast Artillery Corps; color sergeant; 
chief trumpeter; principal musician; battalion quartermaster ser- 
geant, engineers and Field Artillery ; first sergeant; drum major; and 
fireman, Coast Artillery Corps, also radio operators assigned to duty 
upon the transports. 

The enlisted men above mentioned shall be assigned to second- 
class cabins and dormitory quarters according to rank when such 
accommodations and quarters are available. 

Enlisted men of the United States Marine Corps of grades cor- 
responding to any of the above-mentioned Army grades and chief 
petty officers of the United States Navy will also, when traveling 
on transports, upon request by competent naval authority, be 
assigned to the ship's officers' mess. 

A special mess is provided on some transports for enlisted men's 
wives and other second-class passengers, in order to relieve the 
crowded condition of the regular ship's officers' mess, but the regu- 
lations applicable to the latter apply also to the former, being one 
and the same except in location. 

151. Ship's petty officers' mess. — The ship's petty officers' mess 
shall consist of the storekeepers, oilers, water tenders, boatswains, 
carpenters, quartermasters, masters-at-arms, boatswains' mates, 
arpenters' mates, assistant masters-at-arms, assistant stewards, 
bakers, butchers, cooks, pantrymen, yeomen, scullions, messmen, 
watchmen, assistant plumbers/machinists, bell boys, porters, stew- 
ardesses; also enlisted men of the Hospital Corps whenever the 
troop mess is not in operation. 

Waiters will mess as directed by the chief steward, approved by 
the quartermaster agent. The food supplied will be of the same 
variety and kind as served in the .ship's petty officers' mess and 
the cost charged to that mess. 

Passengers subsisted in any but the saloon mess are not allowed 
,he privileges of the promenade deck without special permission. 



30 ARMY TRANSFORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 

152. Sailors and firemen's mess. — The sailors and firemen's mess 
shall consist of the sailors, firemen, coal passers, deck boys, winch- 
men, sailors and firemen's mess boys, cable hands, and stock tend- 
ers connected with the transport. 

153. Troop mess. — The troop mess shall consist of the troops 
traveling, the mess being under the supervision of the mess officer 
of the command aboard. Enlisted men traveling on detached 
service or on furlough, other than those mentioned in paragraph 
150, and discharged enlisted men entitled by Army Regulations 
to subsistence on transports, will be assigned to the troop mess. 

All passengers with " troop" transportation will ordinarily be 
assigned to the troop mess, but the quartermaster agent may, in 
his discretion, assign any such passenger to the ship's j>etty offi- 
cer's mess, provided the passenger elects to pay the increased 
charges for meals. 

^154. Hospital mess. — A hospital mess will be established on hos- 
pital ships, and on transports when practicable for the trans- 
port surgeon to operate such a mess, in which shall be subsisted 
all persons sick in hospital. The ration of enlisted men and mili- 
tary convicts and enlisted men of the United States Navy and 
United States Marine Corps who are traveling under orders sick 
in hospital shall be commuted at the rate of 30 cents a day, to be 
paid to the transport surgeon by the quartermaster agent. Other 
persons sick in hospital will be furnished such subsistence as may 
be prescribed by the transport surgeon from the mess to which the 
person belongs, and the cost thereof will be charged by the quarter- 
master agent" to that mess. 

CHARACTER OP MEALS. 

155. The Quartermaster Corps will provide suitable and proper 
meals for the various messes except the hospital mess. The trans- 
port surgeon is responsible for the hospital mess and will procure 
his supplies therefor as far as practicable from the quartermaster 
ageut. 

156. The general superintendent will in general terms prescribe 
the bills of fare for the various vessels. 

157. In accordance with the bills of fare prescribed, meals for 
the saloon mess, the ship's officers' mess, and the ship's petty offi- 
cers' mess will be prepared from the articles of food carried by the 
transport, with the restriction that the total cost of the food con- 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 31 

ssunied in those messes shall not exceed $1, 75 cents, and 50 cents a 
;day, respectively, for each person 5 years of age or over subsisted 
I therein. 

158. Food for the sailors and firemen's mess will be prepared 
(from the articles of subsistence stores aboard, the total cost of the 
(food consumed not to exceed 30 cents per man per day. On inter- 
iisland or other transports having native Philippine crews the Fili- 
ipino ration will be issued. 

| 159. Food for troops traveling on United States Army transports 
(will be prepared from the articles of subsistence stores which com- 
ipose the ration for troops in garrison, varied by the substitution of 
other articles of authorized subsistence stores, the total daily cost 
iper man of the food consumed not to exceed 20 per cent more than 
the current cost of the garrison ration, except on Thanksgiving Day 
and Christmas, when 60 per cent increase over the same current 
cost is authorized. 

All orders affecting the messing of troops will be given to the 
i quartermaster agent, through the master, by the commanding 
"officer of the troops direct, or through the officer in charge of the 
fmess. The first meal on board for troops will be served at the 
Inext regular hour after embarkation. 

! 160. Stores not consumed in one mess will be utilized in some 
!of the other messes aboard the transport. 

161. No meals, luncheons, or refreshments will be served to pas- 
sengers, ship's officers, or crews of transports in their staterooms or 
quarters, unless under written orders of the transport surgeon. 
jThese instructions will not apply to officers and crew on duty at 
night. 

162. All complaints in regard to service or to sufficiency or qual- 
ity of food will be made to the master and by him referred to the 
general superintendent with report of action taken. 

163. The officers and crews of seagoing tugs that are ordinarily 
at sea 10 days or more during the month will be allowed one ration 

[per day when necessary, the total cost of the same not to exceed 
30 cents per man per day. 

Civilians employed on launches, harbor tugs, and lighters whose 
pay does not exceed $60 per month, if the circumstances of their 
service make it necessary and the terms of their engagement pro- 
vide for it, may have issued to them one garrison ration per day, 
iccording to the exigencies of the case. 



32 AEMY TEANSFOET SEEVICE EEGULATIONS. 

The ration for the various vessels mentioned above will, when 
allowed, be issued in kind, and shall not under any circumstances 
be commuted. The general superintendent will determine which 
vessels of these classes shall be provided with cooks and waiters. 

CHARGES FOR MEALS. 

164. Contract surgeons (serving as transport surgeons) ; the ship's 
officers; the quartermaster agent; clerks, nurses, civilian veteri- 
narians, train masters, wagon masters, cable hands and stock 
tenders assigned to duty on the transport; petty officers, sailors, 
firemen and coal passers, employees of the steward's department, 
and enlisted men are subsisted in their respective messes without 
charge. 

165. Persons chargeable for subsistence will pay the quarter- 
master agent before the sailing of the transport at the following 
rates: Adults and children 12 years of age or over subsisting in the 
saloon mess, $1 per day; in the ship's officers' mess, 75 cents per 
day ; in the ship's petty officers' mess, 50 cents per day; in the troop 
mess, 30 cents per day. Children between 5 and 12 years of age will 
be charged half rate and children under 5 years of age will be 
subsisted free. 

Officers of the Army traveling on transports under competent 
orders which entitle them to reimbursement for their subsistence 
will not be required to pay for the same, provided they furnish the 
quartermaster ageDt copies of their orders in duplicate. They will 
sign a receipt roll for the meals furnished them, which roll will, 
upon the return of the transport to the home port, be presented by 
the quartermaster agent to the general superintendent, who will 
collect the amount of the roll from the officer of the Quartermaster 
Corps having funds to his credit of the proper appropriation, viz, 
''Mileage to officers, etc.," and account for the same. Officers 
unable to furnish copies of their orders will pay for their subsistence. 

Officers of the Army traveling, without troops, on transports, 
under orders which entitle them to reimbursement for their sub- 
sistence, will sign the receipt roll mentioned above only for the 
period beginning with the first regular meal hour after the scheduled 
hour of sailing from a terminal port and ending at the time the 
passengers are put ashore. 

Officers of the Army traveling, with troops, on transports, under 
competent orders, will sign the receipt roll referred to above for the 
period during which the troops are subsisted on board the transport. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 33 

All meals consumed in excess of the periods hereinbefore referred 
to will be paid by the officers concerned to the quartermaster agent 
in cash. 

At intermediate ports where the time of arrival and departure is 
uncertain and the stop is short, officers traveling under orders will 
be authorized to come aboard when they present themselves and 
will be entitled to the allowances from such time. 

Deductions will not be allowed for meals not taken during a 
voyage, except that the transport surgeon (when not a contract 
surgeon) will not be subject to mess charges when in port if he 
elects to take his meals ashore. 

166. When in port guests may be entertained aboard transport 
by permission of the master, but the person inviting them must 
pay the fixed charges for the same. Hospitality at the expense of 
the Government will not be permitted. 

167. When commercial vessels are chartered for the transporta- 
tion of troops or supplies the arrangements for the subsistence of 
the troops and any civilian employees who may travel on such 
vessels will provide that the rate charged to officers of the Army 
on board such vessel shall not exceed the rates charged in like cases 
on board regular Government transports. 

168. Whenever a vessel of the Army Transport Service is under- 
going repairs in port or for any reason it becomes expedient to 
close the steward's department thereon, such members of the crew 
as may, in the public interests, be authorized retained in service, 
will be allowed commutation of rations at the rate of $1 a day 
for those entitled to meals in saloon mess, 75 cents a day for those 
entitled to meals in ship's officers' mess, and 50 cents a day for all 
others. 

When the transport is again put in commission and the steward's 
department resumes operations, the payment of commutation of 
rations will be discontinued and subsistence in kind will thereafter 
be provided. 

Whenever quarters on board ship are uninhabitable during such 
repairs, lodgings or additional compensation in lieu thereof will bo 
furnished at not to exceed 50 cents a day for employees entitled to 
cabin accommodations and not to exceed 25 cents a day for all 
others, such lodgings or extra compensation to be discontinued 
immediately when quarters are fit for occupation. 

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34 ARMY TEANSPOET SEE VICE REGULATIONS. 

169. Noncommissioned staff officers and members of the hospital 
corps assigned to duty on a transport will be allowed commutation 
of rations at 75 cents a day while the vessel is undergoing repairs, 
if the steward's department is not in operation. 

SUBSISTENCE SUPPLIES. 

170. Seventy-five days' rations, except of perishable articles, 
will be carried on transports plying between the Lnited States and j 
the Philippine Islands, of the type necessaiy for the different 
messes. Of the perishable articles, such as fresh beef, fresh vege- 
tables, and fresh fruit, enough only will be put aboard to last the 
maximum trip. If complete rations are being shipped on the trans- 
port, but 35 days' rations for the troops will be put aboard, and in 
case of emergency the supplies in transit will bo utilized. 

171. As an additional reserve for emergency use or issue as travel 
rations when necessary, there will be carried on each trans-Pacific 
transport the following: 

5,000 pounds hard bread, 25-pound cans 

2,580 cans corned beef, 2-pound cans. 

570 cans baked beans, No. 3 can. 
To insure good condition of these stores at all times, there will be 
issued on each voyage to each person subsisted in the troop mess one 
ration of each of these articles, or more if necessary to prevent 
deterioration and loss. One can of hard bread will be carried in 
each of the ship's boats. This will be frequently examined and 
issued before it becomes deteriorated, and will be replaced by fresh 
hard bread. 

172. The quartermaster agent will submit all requisitions for 
subsistence stores at the home port to the general superintendent, 
and at all other ports to the representative of the Quartermaster 
Corps on duty there. 

173. Upon arrival at any oversea port, the quartermaster agent, 
through the master, will report to the department quartermaster 
or other representative of the Quartermaster Corps on duty there 
and will transfer to him or to an officer designated by him any stores 
in good condition which may be aboard in excess or liable to 
deteriorate, and will make requisition for such subsistence stores 
as will be required for the completion of the voyage, and for the 
hire of such authorized employees of the. steward's department as 
may be necessary. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 35 

174. Quartermaster agents will not hire employees nor purchase 
subsistence stores in ports where no officer of the Quartermaster 
Corps is on duty, except in case of absolute emergency, and the 
necessity for such purchase will be immediately reported to the 
general superintendent. 

175. In addition to the supplies needed for consumption, author- 
ized sales stores will be kept on hand for sale to those authorized to 
purchase. Under the quartermaster agent, the subsistence store- 
keeper will have exclusive charge of subsistence stores and of sales. 
When practicable, quartermaster sergeants will be detailed as sub- 
sistence storekeepers on transports. 

The subsistence storekeeper will keep books showing receipt, 
issues, and sales of subsistence stores in his charge. 

Price lists of subsistence stores for sale will be conspicuously 
posted on all transports. Any overcharges should be reported 
immediately to the quartermaster agent. 

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 

176. The hospital is under the charge of the transport surgeon, 
who is responsible for the proper care and use of the hospital equip- 
ment and property and for the discipline and instruction of the 
hospital attendants. The hospital will hotbe used for other pur- 
poses than for the accommodation of the sick, except in cases of 
emergency, and then not without the approval of the medical 
superintendent if the vessel is at a home port, or of the transport 
surgeon if at sea. 

177. The personnel of the medical service on Army transports will 
be detailed from the medical service Of the Army, by proper au- 
thority, on the recommendation of the medieal superintendent. 

Nurses traveling under orders on transports will bo assigned to 
duty thereon, and under the direction of the transport surgeon will 
assist in the care of sick officers and enlisted men. 

178. Transport surgeons will carefully observe quarantine regu- 
lations at home and foreign ports; and at infected ports will take 
care to prevent the embarkation of infected persons and property. 
They will personally examine all persons coming on board at 
infected ports who are unprovided with health certificates by proper 
authority, and will recommend in writing to the master such action 
as may tie necessary to avoid infection of the ship. 



36 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 

179. Transport surgeons will keep a, record of the inspections 
required by paragraphs 232 and 252 of fchese regulations, and during 
each voyage Trill note : 

(1) The quantity and quality of the wafer supply of the 

vessel. 

(2) The quantity, quality, and cooking of the rations. 

(3) The ventilation of all berth decks, including staterooms 

and the hospital, and quarters of the crew. 

(4) The adequacy and cleanliness of the bedding and clothing. 

(5) The sanitary condition of bathrooms, lavatories, closets, 

and storerooms. 
(.6) Tim [prevalence (or absence) of infectious diseases on 
board. 

180. During the voyage the transport surgeon will make to the 
master surh recommendations for the correction of defective sani- 
tation on board as may be noted during inspections. On comple- 
tion of the voyage he will submit a sanitary report (Form 50, Med. 
Dept.) of the vessel, with copies of special reports made during 
the voyage and the action of the master thereon. The channel 
for this report will be as prescribed by Army Regulations except 
that it will be made through the general superintendent instead 
of the commanding officer. 

181. The transport surgeon will make a physical examination of 
men applying for shipment with the crews of Army transports, 
reporting to the master on their physical fitness for service. 

He will vaccinate all members of the crew, including the ships' 
officers, who are not considered properly protected against small- 
pox, as soon as convenient after the signing of the ships' articles 
by them. Any ships' officer or member of the crew who refuses to 
submit to vaccination against smallpox or immunization against 
typhoid fever when deemed necessary by the transport surgeon 
shall be discharged from the service. 

182. Transport surgeons and medical officers on duty with troops 
on transports arriving at a home port will report promptly in person 
to the medical superintendent. They will report the names of all 
hospital corps men under their charge, with remarks on the con- 
duct and efficiency of each man and his availability for further 
transport service; the amount and condition of medical supplies 
on hand; the articles expended, lost, or destroyed during the voy- 
age, and submit an estimate of what will probably be required for 
the next round trip of the vessel. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 37 

With the report showing the amount of medical property on hand 
a requisition will be submitted to the medical superintendent of 
the Transport Service for any additional articles that may be judged 
as necessary to last during the round trip of the vessel out and back 
to this port. 

A report will also be submitted showing the number of patients 
treated during the voyage, with results and the general character 
of the diseases and injuries observed. This will be supplemented 
by such observations as the medical officers may have to make on 
the practical working of our transport medical service, the character 
of hospital accommodations, the facilities for storing and preserv- 
ing hospital supplies, the quantity and quality of the latter, treat- 
ment of the sick, sanitary defects observed, and improvements 
needed. 

Medical officers in charge of transports are enjoined to observe 
due care and economy in the expenditure of medical supplies to 
avoid unnecessary waste. 

183. Immediately after the sailing of each transport, a thorough 
inspection of every person on board, including the crew of the 
vessel, will be made under the direction of the transport surgeon, 
and vaccination will be performed in all cases where in his judg- 
ment it ia required. Transport surgeons are reminded that if pas- 
sengers and crew are properly vaccinated and an ample supply of 
vaccine taken on each transport there will be no danger of an epi- 
demic of smallpox on board. If a case should occur the patient will 
be placed in the isolation ward and objects exposed to infection will 
be disinfected, and every person on board will be vaccinated if, in 
the opinion of the transport surgeon, such course is necessary. 
What has been said of smallpox with respect to isolation and dis- 
infection applies to cholera and plague as well. None of these 
diseases should become epidemic on a Government transport if the 
well-known precautions are taken as soon as a case develops. 

184. All bills incident to detention in quarantine, such as for 
subsistence, medical attendance, fumigation, cremation, etc., 
whether for the transports or for officers, enlisted men, discharged 
soldiers, crew, or passengers traveling on or taken from United 
States transports, will be audited and settled by the superintend- 
ents to whose departments these charges naturally pertain. 

The master and transport surgeon will at once report to the 
general superintendent and medical superintendent, respectively, 
the name, occupation, etc., of all parties removed from a United 
States transport by quarantine officers, giving the date of removal. 



38 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 

185. All correspondence in reference to securing permission for 
landing of troops at ports en route shall be made through the 
United States consuls at ports of call. 

FLAGS. 

186. The Army transport flag should be hoisted only at the main 
truck. Whenever the President, the Secretary of War, or other 
Cabinet officer having a flag shall be aboard, the Army transport 
flag should be hauled down and the President's or Secretary's flag 
displayed at the main. The following sizes of flags and ensigns 
will be carried in each transport: Three sizes of the Army trans- 
port flag, one full-size 8-foot hoist by 12-foot fly; one storm-size 4- 
i'oot hoist by 6-foot fly, and one launch size 2-foot hoist by 3-foot 
fly; three sizes of the ensign, one size, the dress ensign, 10-foot 
hoist by 19-foot fly; the full-size, 5 foot 2 inch hoist by 9 foot 10 
inch fly, and the storm size, 3 foot 6 inch hoist by 6 foot 8 inch 
fly; and two sizes of jack, one 5 foot 6 inch hoist by 7 foot 7 
inch fly, and one 2 foot 9 inch hoist by 3 foot 11 inch fly. In 
addition, two sets of international code flags, boat ensigns in. pro- 
portion to the number of boats carried, and set of flags of all nations, 
the number and nationality to be regulated by the duty in which 
the transport is engaged, will also be carried. The jack is not 
hoisted at sea and when flown must be from a jackstaff or from 
halyards bent to the forestay. 

Ships should be dressed when lying in a port on a national holi- 
day and when invitedto do so by the senior officer of a foreign war 
vessel to participate in some occasion which requires the latter 
ship to be dressed. It is an act of courtesy to dress ship when on 
arrival in a foreign port it is found that other ships are dressed. 
When a ship is dressed in honor of a national holiday of a foreign 
nation the flag of that nation is hoisted at the fore. The method 
of dressing ship will follow as far as practicable the regulations of I 
the United States Navy, the international signal flags to be used 
for that purpose, spread on each bulwark or on a line running fore 
and aft over the trucks. The use of flags of other nations is not 
permissible. 

Whenever a transport entering harbor or in harbor has on board 
the remains of commissioned officers or representatives of the United 
States Diplomatic or Consular Service, who have died en route, the 
flag will be displayed at half-mast until the removal of the remains 
from the ship. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 39 

All transports while in sight of a flag at half-mast on another trans- 
port or naval vessel or Government building on shore shall also 
carry their flag at half-mast. 

Whenever remains of officers, soldiers, employees, or others are 
being transported as a part of the cargo of the ship the flag will be 
half-masted only during the transfer of the bodies from the ship and 
for one hour thereafter. 

On Memorial Day the flag will be displayed at half-mast until 
midday, when it will be mastheaded. 

187. The provisions of Army Regulations and of the Manual of 
Guard Duty in respect of honors, except salutes with cannon, will 
be carried out whenever a transport is visited by an officer or official 
whose rank or position entitles him to the honors in question, the 
guard being paraded near the gangway by which the officer arrives 
or departs. Proper precautions will be taken to insure the com- 
mander of the guard receiving timely notice of such visits. 

The commanding officer of troops will receive the visiting officer 
at the gangway on his arrival and accompany him there when 
leaving. 

MOVEMENTS BY SEA. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

188. When stores are to be shipped, timely notice must be given 
the general superintendent as to the kind, quantity, weight, marks, 
and destination thereof by the officer desiring to make the shipment. 
He will then be notified by the general superintendent as to the 
place and time for delivering the stores. The authority for such 
shipments will be furnished by the Quartermaster General. 

189. The disposition of freights when received on the pier for 
shipment will be such as to simplify and facilitate their loading for 
one or more ports of destination, and the same principle will be 
followed in loading the freights into the transports in order to fa- 
cilitate their discharge. 

190 : Bills of lading or invoices of stores, consigned to the general 
superintendent at the home ports for transport, "will be entered bv 
him in his books and charged to the quartermaster agent, who will 
make receipts for the shipments of stores actually placed on board 
the vessel and which shall appear on the ship's manifest. 

191. Upon arrival at destination, the quartermaster agent, having 
entered the invoices in his books, will deliver the invoices with the 



40 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 

stores to the Army transport agent or other official authorized to 
receipt for them. This general method of procedure will govern in 
all cases of shipments made by the Army Transport Service. 

192. At the port of destination the quartermaster or transport 
agent where there is no quartermaster on duty will make the neces- 
sary arrangements in advance of arrival of the transport for the 
docking or berthing the ship, and for lightering and unloading any 
stores or property consigned to his post, and for delivering on board 
any stores to be loaded on the ship, and render such assistance to the 
master as will facilitate the departure of the ship from this port. 

193. As soon as practicable after the promulgation of orders re- 
quiring the transportation of a body of troops, the commanding 
officer thereof will furnish to the War Department a statement set- 
ting forth the number of officers and enlisted men belonging to the 
command to be transported, and showing, in time of peace, the 
number of wives, children, other members of families, and serv- 
ants; also an accurate estimate of the weight of property and bag- 
gage to be shipped. This information will be communicated by 
the Quartermaster General to the general superintendent of the 
Transport Service. Any changes in this statement should be 
telegraphed to the War Department. Under war conditions, in 
case a port of embarkation has been established, this statement 
will also be furnished to the commander of the port of embarka- 
tion. 

194. Transportation on Army transports for members of the fami- 
lies of officers and enlisted men of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 
and Revenue-Cutter Service, and of employees thereof, of officers 
and employees of the Philippine and Hawaiian civil governments, 
of officers of the War Department, of Members of Congress, secre- 
taries of the Army and Navy department of the Young Men's Chris- 
tian Association, and of other officers of the Government while 
traveling on official business, may be furnished without expense 
to the United States when space is available after allotment shall 
have been made to all persons traveling under orders, upon the 
following conditions: 

(1) In case the officers, enlisted men, or employees of either the 
Military, Naval, or Revenue-Cutter Service, upon the certificate 
of a responsible officer that the persons are 'permanent members of 
the family of an officer or enlisted man on the activelist, or of an 
employee in actual service, and that the transportation is for the 
purpose of permitting such members of the family to join the offi- 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS!. 41 

cer, enlisted man, or employee, or to return from the station of the 
officer, enlisted man, or employee, where they have been living as 
members of his family. The application must state the number of 
journeys by transport that have been made by the persons for whom 
transportation is requested, and if more than one such journey has 
been made within the previous two years the application will be 
denied, unless it can be clearly shown that the journey is necessary 
on account of illness or important and urgent business. 

(2) Applications from officers, enlisted men, or employees of the 
Navy or Marine Corps must be made through the Navy Department; 
from officers, enlisted men, or employees of the Revenue-Cutter 
Service through the Treasury Department; from officers or employ- 
ees of the Philippine civil government through the Bureau of In- 
sular Affairs; from officers or employees of the Hawaiian Govern- 
ment through the governor of Hawaii; from secretaries of the Army 
and Navy department of the Young Men's Christian Association 
through the headquarters of that organization; and from all other 
officers through the chiefs of the departments to which the officers 
belong. In each case the application must show that the persons 
for whom transportation is requested are permanent members of the 
family of the officer, enlisted man, or employee; that the journey 
is necessary for the purpose of permitting the persons to join the 
officer, enlisted man, or employee, or to return from the station of 
the officer, enlisted man, or employee, where they have been living 
as members of his family, and the number of journeys by transport 
that have been made by such persons. If more than one journey 
has been made within the previous two years, the application will 
be denied, as provided in the preceding section of this paragraph. 

195. Troops ordered for service beyond the sea will be inspected 
prior to departure from station by a medical officer, who will submit 
recommendations for discharge, transfer, or other disposition of all 
enlisted men found unfit for such service or who, having infectious 
or contagious diseases, should not, in the opinion of the medical 
officer, be taken on transports. 

All troops ordered for service beyond the sea will be vaccinated, 
if not already protected against smallpox, and will be provided 
with certificates showing that they are protected against that dis- 
ease. 

These certificates and a report containing the names, grades, and 
organizations of all enlisted men having infectious or contagious 
diseases who can be transported with safety to the command will be 



42 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 



forwarded to the master for the information and guidance of the 
transport surgeon. 

196. Ordinarily the troops to form an expedition will be assem- 
bled in temporary camps near the port of embarkation several days 
before the probable date of sailing. When the enemy has no fleet, 
and single transports may therefore carry reinforcements without 
escort, arrangements may be made to march the troops from the 
cars direct to the transport. This method of embarking troops will 
be employed for changes of station in time of peace whenever prac- 
ticable. 

PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS. 

197. The company property and rations, all articles not indispen- 
sable in camp, and all baggage which can not be taken to staterooms 
of officers or the quarters of the men, will be loaded on the vessel as 
soon as may be convenient with due regard to accessibility and the 
order in which the property will be required by the troops on land- 
ing. 

The ammunition will be loaded first and put into the magazine, 
which will be locked, the key to be kept by the master. 

The property and baggage of each company will be stored sepa- 
rately, as far as possible, and not mixed with other stores. 

198. All articles of an explosive or highly combustible nature are 
to be excluded, and no one is allowed to have inflammable oils or 
explosives in his possession. 

199. The baggage of troops will be securely packed beforehand, so 
as to take up the least amount of space. 

200. Every article of baggage or property and every package that 
is put on board must be plainly marked or labeled. If large, to be 
labeled on each end and on top, the label to give the name of the 
owner and a general idea as to the contents. 

201 (a) Under peace conditions, the commanding officer of troops 
will communicate with the general superintendent and with the 
master concerning arrangements for loading and embarkation. 

He will cause a reconnoissance to be made of the roads and streets 
leading from the camp to the wharf or pier, in order that the com- 
mand may effect the march without confusion or delay and without 
inconvenience to other traffic. 

^ He will make a survey of the ship in person and supervise the as- 
signment of the enlisted men of his command. The assignment 
completed, the master will furnish the commanding officer with a 






ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS, 43 

number of typewritten copies of the assignments, each copy giving 
the organizations assigned to each compartment, the latter desig- 
nated by numbers, as "Upper, No. 1," etc. 

At the same time a staff officer of the command will consult with 
the master ami draw up a memorandum of the number of sentinels 
and their posts on board required during the embarkation. 

Under war conditions, paragraph 10, General Orders, No. 35, 
War Department. 1913. will govern. 

EMBARKATION. 

202. On the day set for sailing, all camp equipage and baggage 
still in possession of the troops and required to be stowed on the 
transport, including trunks or trunk lockers of officers and men, 
will be conveyed to the wharf accompanied by details of men to 
load this property and to guard it pending the arrival of the com- 
mand. The cooking utensils will be cleaned and neatly packed; 
clothing or similar articles, tightly packed in lockers, and tentage 
securely tied in bales, with the poles in crates or bundles. 

203. The command will be marched to the pier at convenient 
intervals, in such formations as the commanding officer of troops 
may direct. The first transport guard under command of its officer 
Will march with the first battalion. Upon arrival at the pier the 
guard will be marched on board and will immediately be posted 
and instructed under the direction of the new officer of the day, 
assisted by the master. 

204. With a view to preventing unauthorized persons boarding 
United States Army transports in the uniform of enlisted men of 
the Army, the commander of the troops to embark will have ranks 
formed on the wharf immediately before embarkation, and a careful 
roll call and inspection made to see that only men who are to em- 
bark are present, and will use due diligence to see that no others go 
on board with the troops. After the transport is in the stream and 
before anchor is weighed to commence the voyage, if there is reason 
to suspect that stowaways or other unauthorized persons are aboard, 
the transport will be thoroughly searched by the ship's officers 
under the direction of the master. The commanding officer will 
form the troops in ranks or otherwise dispose of them so as to facili- 
tate a thorough search of every part of the ship. 

When stowaways are discovered they shall be put to work about 
the ship wherever their services can be used; they will not be per- 



44 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS 

mil ied to land at port of destination, bnt will be kept on board and 
returned to home port. 

They should, inthe Philippines, be given the option of remain- 
ing aboard and going back on the transport, or being turned over 
to the civil authorities for prosecution as vagrants. In other over- 
sea ports they should be confined in military guardhouse until 
they can be returned on a transport to the port from which they 
came. 

Persons furnished transportation as "indigents," upon written 
request of the authorities in our insular possessions will be re- 
quired to do such work on shipboard as they are physically able to 
perform. 

205. The assignment having been previously explained to com- 
pany commanders, as per list furnished by the master, the command 
will then be marched on board by company in a quiet and orderly 
manner, and each company will be conducted to its quarters by a 
staff officer of the command. The rifles will be placed in the desig- 
nated racks and the packs and equipments stowed in the proper 
places. In order to prevent confusion and to keep the gangways 
clear, it is necessary that all men not on duty be held in their as- 
signed quarters until the whole command is loaded. 

206. The men will be informed of the location of the water supply, 
latrines, wash rooms, etc., and be instructed in their use, sanitation, 
and preservation. 

207. Departure from camp should be so timed that the whole 
command will be on board for the first meal winch is served at the 
next, regular meal hour after embarkation. 

208. The assignment of officers and noncommissioned officers men- 
tioned in paragraph 150 to the first and second class staterooms and 
dormitory quarters is made by the general superintendent accord- 
ing to rank, and no modification in such assignment is permissible 
except as indicated in paragraph 21. 

209. Officers are allowed to have only steamer trunks and hand- 
baggage in their cabins. No baggage of any description shall be 
allowed on the upper decks, in the saloon, or in the smoking room. 

210. Commanding officers of troops will see that only authorized 
baggage and persons of their command are taken on board. 

_ 211. After the command has embarked, neither officers nor en- 
listed men of the command are permitted to leave the ship without 
authority from the commanding officer of troops. 

212. Before sailing, the commanding officer of troops will send a 
return of the command to The Adjutant General and to the com- 






ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 45 

mander of the department in which the port is^ located. He will 
also make a special return to the same authorities of all casuals 
and unattached officers and enlisted men who are passengers on 
the ship. At ports of embarkation, under war conditions, these 
returns will be made to the commander of the port, who will notify 
The Adjutant General. 

DUTIES ON BOARD. 

GENERAL REGULATIONS. 

213. Each transport will be provided with a bulletin board 2\ 
by 3 feet, with hinged glass cover, properly framed to lock. It will 
be hung in a conspicuous place, and all orders and announcements 
which are to be copied will be posted thereon. 

214. Suitable extracts from the transport regulations, properly 
printed and framed under glass, will be displayed at conspicuous 
places on board by the master. 

These will contain the rules governing smoking, noises, lire, etc. 

215. All officers and noncommissioned officers are required to give 
careful attention to the police and cleanliness of the parts of the ship 
occupied by their men, and to enforce the regulations relating to the 
conduct of enlisted men on board. 

216. Defacing paint or woodwork, throwing sweepings or food 
out of ports, interfering with ports or electric lights, spitting on 
floors, leaving packages or bundles about the deck, crowding about 
the ports or hanging clothes in them is prohibited. 

217. A noncommissioned officer will be in charge of and at all 
times present and alert in the quarters of each company. 

218. Loud talking, gambling, profane or obscene language, and 
all unnecessary noise and confusion are strictly prohibited. 

219. No one shall go on the bridge except the commanding officer 
of the troops and the authorized ship's officers and employees, and 
these only when their duties require their presence there. 

220. All persons will refrain from talking with the watch officer 
on duty. 

221. Smoking will be allowedon the main or mess deck, spar 
deck, and promenade deck, and in the smoking room, but will not 
be permitted on berth decks or in the saloon. 

222. No intoxicating liquors, wine, or beer will be allowed to be 
taken on board the transport, except in charge of the transport sur- 



46 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS, 

geon for medicinal purposes, nor will any person on board be al- 
lowed to have such liquors in his possession or to drink the same 
except upon written prescription ot the surgeon. 

223. Wet clothes will never be hung about the berth decks, but 
will be taken on deck and hung on lines provided for that purpose, 

224. Officers and enlisted men will refrain from making com- 
plaints direct to officers of the ship or members of the crew, and will 
not enter into controversy with them concerning deficiencies of 
service, equipment, or supplies. When there is reasonable ground 
for dissatisfaction proper representation will be made by officers to 
the police officer, the mess officer, or the officer of the day, as circum- 
stances may require; in important cases they will address them- 
selves to the commanding officer of troops. All requests upon the 
deck or engine departments wall be made to the master. 

225. When recruits or convalescents are on board they will be 
divided into temporary companies and put under noncommissioned 
officers, or privates detailed as noncommissioned officers, who will 
enforce these regulations. 

COMMANDING OFFICER. 

226. In all cases when practicable an embarkation order will be 
issued by proper authority designating the commanding officer of 
troops for the voyage; in the absence of such order the senior line 
officer authorized to sail on the transport will assume command of 
the troops embarked, and will be dire'ctly responsible for the disci- 
pline of his command. 

All requests regarding the management of the ship, or complaint 
in reference thereto, shall be submitted by the commanding officer 
of troops to the master, who wili be responsible for the proper con- 
duct of the transport and the care and protection of the passengers 
and freight on board until delivery at destination. 

The commanding officer of troops will ascertain the names of the 
men under his command skilled in lowering, clearing from the ship, 
and handling the boats, and cause them to report to the master for 
examination. Such number thereof as may be necessary will then 
be relieved from their military duties and directed to report to the 
master for assignment to such boats as he may consider necessary. 

When casuals are mustered for pay on board transports, the com- 
manding officer will cause them to be mustered on their descriptive 
lists. No muster rolltf will be made for them. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 47 

226|. The commanding officer may assign any field, staff, and 
company officers, passengers on board the transport not on a leave 
status, to such duties as may be for the best interests of the service. 
This applies to all officers, even though they may not be eligible for 
detached service in general; provided, however, that an officer of 
company grade who is not eligible for detached service in general, 
but who is traveling on board the transport in compliance with 
orders to join a company from detached sendee, or to change station 
from one company assignment to another, may not be assigned to 
any duty that would serve to delay him in reporting in person for 
duty under his company assignment. 

227. Upon the arrival of an Army transport in a foreign port, the 
commanding officer of the troops on board will immediately report, 
in person or through a proper representative, to the American am- 
bassador at the port the character and number of troops on board , 
the probable length of stay, and any other information that may, in 
particular cases, be desirable. 

In the event that there is no American Embassy at the port the 
report will be made to the American consul thereat. 

228. It is most important that the commanding officer of troops 
work in harmony with the master of the ship. 

These officers must on all occasions use their best endeavors in 
cooperating with each other in the execution of the duties respec- 
tively intrusted to them, in order that by their united exertions the 
service on which the ship is employed may be performed in the 
most efficient and satisfactory manner possible. 

229. They must by every means in their power cause a good 
understanding to be cultivated between the crew of the transport 
and the troops and other persons embarked, setting an example by 
civility and by showing every attention to the health and conven- 
ience of all on board. 

230. The master will receive the support of the commanding offi* 
cer of troops in all necessary and lawful measures. Interference 
with the duties and prerogatives of the master and with his control 
of the ship are to be scrupulously avoided, except in grave military 
emergencies involving the health, discipline, or safety of the 
command. 

231. The routine on board and the uniform to be worn by officers 
and men of the command when on deck will be prescribed by the 
commanding officer of troops. 

232. The commanding officer of troops, accompanied by the 
master or his representative, the officer of the day, the police officer, 



48 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 

the transport surgeon, the senior surgeon on duty with the troops, 
and the quartermaster agent will inspect the berth and mess decks, 
latrines, bathrooms, hospital, cooking galleys, etc., each morning 
at 10.30 o'clock. 

All officers making inspections on board ship will carefully ob- 
serve any damage to or loss or destruction of any of the ship's 
fittings or property which may have been caused by individuals 
and make immediate report thereof in writing to the commanding 
officer, who will thereupon take action, as prescribed in Army 
.Regulations, for fixing the responsibility and securing restitution 
to the Government for such damage, loss, or destruction as has 
been due to carelessness, willfulness, or neglect. Copies of each 
report and action thereon will be furnished the master. 

Orders will be issued by the master requiring all staterooms to 
be vacated daily for cleaning and inspection at a fixed hour. 

233. Prior to disembarkation a return will be furnished to the 
master showing the number of persons of all ranks carried to desti- 
nation. 

234. During the closing days of the voyage the commanding 
officer of the troops will prepare a report relating to the accommoda- 
tion, food, and health of the troops, and giving any information 
which, may enable the War Department to detect and correct abuses 
and punish neglect. This report will be handed to the officer of the 
Inspector General's Department detailed to inspect the transport, 
or to the officer in charge of water transportation, as the case may 
be, to be forwarded by him to The Adjutant General of the Army, 
through military channels, with his report of the inspection. In 
the event that it is impracticable for the commanding officer to 
deliver the report in person, he will seal it and turn it oyer to the 
master, who will Land it to the inspecting officer upon his arrival. 

POLICE OFFICER. 

235. Immediately after completion of embarkation a suitable 
officer will be detailed as police officer. He will have general 
charge of the police of all parts of the ship occupied and used by 
the troops, especially the parts used in common, such as baths, 
wash rooms, and latrines. He will see that the troop decks are 
swept clean each morning, and the mess decks after each meal, 
and will accompany the commanding officer of troops in his in- 
spections. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 49 

236. A noncommissioned officer will be detailed on special duty 
as police sergeant, and will be the assistant of the police officer. 
He will have immediate charge of the general police, and particu- 
larly of all the closets, wash and bath rooms, and of the cuspidors 
therein and on the upper decks. 

237. A noncommissioned officer will be detailed on special duty 
in charge of each separate wash room, bathroom, or set of closets, 
under the orders of the police officer. Such number of privates as 
may be necessary will be detailed to report to the police officer for 
special duty in connection with the police of the ship. 

238. In minor matters concerning the police of quarters, the 
I police officer will deal directly with the commanders of organiza- 
tions. The latter will report to the police officer any minor defi- 
ciencies in water supply, ventilation, toilet facilities, etc. If not 
able to rectify them himself, the police officer will apply to the 
master of the ship. 

MESS OFFICER. 

239. Before embarkation a suitable officer will be detailed to 
have charge of the enlisted men at mess. A noncommissioned 
officer will be detailed on special duty under his immediate orders. 
Such assistants to cooks and bakers and such number of waiters as 
may be called for by the quartermaster agent will be detailed by 
the commanding officer of troops. 

240. All orders affecting the mess of the men will be prepared 
after consultation with the mess officer; copies thereof will be fur- 
nished to the quartermaster agent. 

241. The mess officer will draw up a scheme for the service of 
messes in accordance with the facilities of the ship, fixing the time 
of arrival and departure of each organization, prescribing the doors 
of entry and exit of the mess room, and arranging all details neces- 
sary to prevent crowding and confusion. ^ After approval by the 
commanding officer this plan will be published in orders. 

242. The mess officer will see that the meals are served as pre- 
scribed, that the utensils are cleaned and put away, and that the 
mess deck is properly policed. 

243. No food of any sort will be taken into the sleeping quarters 
of the men. 

244. The mess officer will be responsible for all articles of table 
furniture used by the troops. He will give a memorandum receipt 

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50 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 

therefor on taking charge, and will turn the articles over to the 
quartermaster agent on departure. 

ROUTINE ON BOARD. 

245. The following list of calls, amended as circumstances may 
require, will be published by the commanding officer: 

Reveille 6.00 a. m. 

Breakfast 6.30 a. m. 

Sick 7.15 a. m. 

Guard mounting 8.00 a. m. 

Inspection 10.30 a. m. 

Dinner 12.00 m. 

Sick. 4.00 p. m. 

Inspection 30 minutes before sunset. 

Supper 5.00 p. m. 

Retreat Sunset. 

Call to quarters 8.45 p. m. 

Taps 9.00 p. m. 

246. At reveille roll call the men will stand at " attention'' at or 
near their bunks. 

Immediately after reveille the bedding, except that which is to 
go on deck for airing, will be neatly folded and placed at the head of 
the bed. 

247. When practicable, the berth decks of the men are to be 
cleared of all persons except those detailed to clean them, daily, 
from 8 a. m. until morning inspection is completed. 

248. Advantage will be taken of each fair day to air the bedding 
of the men on lines provided for that purpose, according to a sched- 
ule prepared by the police officer and approved by the command- 
ing officer. 

249. Every man not on duty should be -vigorously exercised or 
drilled at least 20 minutes daily. The commanding officer of 
troops will arrange the schedule m accordance with the space avail- 
able. 

250. Bathing, according to facilities, will be enforced. The po- 
lice officer will draw up an assignment of hours for the organizations 
of the command. Company commanders will prepare lists and 
cause the names of men to be checked off as they bathe. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 51 

251. Swimming will be allowed, under the direction of the guard, 
in harbor where there is no danger. Thirty men only are allowed 
to swim at one time, and for but 15 minutes. A boat will always 
be lowered and in attendance when men are swimming, and they 
will not be allowed by the guard to swim more than 150 feet from 
the ship's side. 

252. Inspection without arms will be held by company, daily, at 
10 a. m. and 30 minutes before sunset. 

Inspection under arms will be held when ordered by the com- 
manding officer. 

Inspection in underwear should be held once a week, weather 
permitting. The surgeon shall attend these inspections and make 
;i general examination as to the condition of the men to ascertain 
whether they exhibit any sigus of disease. 

253. Saloon and smoking-room lights will be put out at II p. m., 
unless special permission is obtained from the master to the con- 
trary, which fact will be reported to the officer of the day. 

254. In fair weather when a band is aboard the commanding offi- 
cer of troops will order one or more band concerts daily for the en- 
tertainment of the troops. The music must not interfere with the 
handling of the ship in going into or leaving harbor. The repertory 
of the band should include the national airs of the principal nations 
in order that the commanding officer may be able to respond to 
courtesies from foreign vessels and other sources. 

(iUARB. 

255. The detail for guard will consist of an officer of the day, an 
officer of the guard (two when there is a regiment on board), and of 
the necessary noncommissioned officers, trumpeters, and privates. 

256. Guard duty on board ship will be performed in accordance 
with the principles laid down in the Manual of Guard Duty, with 
such additions to and modifications of the special orders as may be 
necessary. 

A separate place will be assigned for the guard; other enlisted 
men will not be allowed to trespass thereon. 

257. The guard will be used to preserve order, to protect property, 
to deny access to certain portions of the ship, to prevent the illegal 
selling of or other unauthorized disposition of food or subsistence 
stores by employees of the steward's department in the various gal- 
leys and messes and the bakery, and in general to assist in enforcing 
these regulations and the prescribed routine of duty. 



52 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS, 

258. The guard will see that lights are put out at the proper time 
and that no unauthorized lights are allowed. 

OFFICER OF THE DAY. 

259. The officer of the day is responsible for the preservation of 
good order, and will enforce compliance with these regulations on 
the part of the troops. 

With this object m view he will cause sentinels to be posted at 
places where disorder, confusion, disregard of regulations, or neglect 
of property are likely to occur; for example, on the decks, over the 
water supply, in the wash room, in the mess room, over the baggage 
when necessary, and at ports, gangways, and ladders when in har- 
bor. 

260. The officer of the day will see that the sentinels are properly 
posted and instructed ; that the calls are sounded at the proper time ; 
that the troops wear the prescribed uniform; that there is no disorder 
at the serving of the meals or the airing of the bedding; that the 
troops keep out of the engine room and other forbidden parts of 
the ship; that the lights are extinguished at the prescribed time 
and that no unauthorized lights are allowed. 

He will inspect between decks after taps and at other times when 
necessary. He will be particularly on his guard against the intro- 
duction of intoxicating liquor by men returning from pass, and 
will require careful inspection of such men and of all packages 
coming on board. All liquor in possession of the men will be seized, 
and thorough search for it will be made when its presence is sus- 
pected. 

Oil ICE U OF THE GUARD. 

261. The senior officer of the guard is the commander of the 
guard and the assistant of the officer of the day in the performance 
of the duties required of him. 

t He has the immediate responsibility for the posting and instruc- 
tion of sentinels. He will make frequent inspection, both by day 
and by night, and will exact the strictest performance of the duties 
required of them. 

262. The colors will be hoisted at guard mounting and lowered 
at retreat, under the direction of the guard, which will be formed at 
the time, the band in both cases playing The Star-Spangled Ban- 
ner, or, if there be no band on board, the field music sounding, "To 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. §S 

the color." All persons on. deck will face the colors and stand at 
41 attention," and officers and enlisted men, if not in ranks, will 
render the prescribed salute at the last note of the music. 

SENTINELS. 

263. The special orders for sentinels will be prescribed by the 
officer of the day, under instructions from the commanding officer. 
A written copy of the special orders for all the posts should be kept 
with the guard. 

264. Sentinels must be on the alert and observe everything going 
on in their vicinity. In compliance with their orders t hey will pre- 
vent blocking up of ladders and gangways, spitting on the deck or 
over the side, throwing of slops or dirt or stumps of cigars or cigar- 
ettes onto the deck or over the side, interference with any of the 
machinery or the lights, troops from going aloft or to forbidden 
parts of the ship, sitting on the ship's rail or about the rigging; 
smoking, except on the upper decks; noise or irregularity in the 
latrines or wash rooms; waste of water; the throwing of any im- 
proper substance or articles into the closets or urinals, and all loud 
talking, profane or obscene language, gambling, or unnecessary 
confusion. 

265. Talking, noise, or congregating of men on the upper deck 
must not interfere with movement of the ship, or handling of the 
anchors, winches, or other machinery. 

266. Sentinels on duty at entry ports or gangways will prevent 
soldiers from leaving the ship without authority; other persons 
than soldiers or members of the crew from coming on board ; loung- 
ing of persons about ports or ladders; throwing of articles from 
ports. 

267. Sentinels will not interfere with the ship's officers or crew 
in the discharge of their duties. They will arrest soldiers failing 
to obey their orders or behaving with disrespect toward them while 
on duty. They will seize any liquor found and arrest any intoxi- 
cated persons. 

268. Should a sentinel discover a fire on or near his post, he is 
not to cry "fire," but to report it immediately and quietly to the 
ship's officer on the bridge, who will at once notify the master; the 
sentinel will then notify the officer of the guard, for which purposes 
he may quit his post temporarily. 



54 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS, 

On the alarm of "fire" or a "man overboard" sentinels will cry 
in a loud and clear voice, "attention," and will cause all soldiers 
to remain at "attention" in their places to receive any order that 
may be issued. 

269. Prisoners. — Prisoners may be used for police purposes, under 
charge of a sentinel and under direction of the police officer. 

The prisoners are to be brought up for air and for exercise at such 
time as prescribed by the officer of the day. 

They will not be allowed to have tobacco or matches in the 
prison cells. 

FIRE. 

270. It must be impressed on all on board that on the occurrence 
of fire the most important and essential thing is silence and order; a 
quiet waiting for orders and a prompt and orderly execution of 
them. 

271. As soon as possible after embarking stations will be desig- 
nated where each company is to form on the alarm of fire. 

The commanding officer will make, in consultation with the 
master, any details for assisting with the pumps or hose that may 
be necessary. 

These will be selected men, who will be instructed in their duties 
and the use of hose and appliances, and practiced in taking their 
posts once each day and once each evening, under direction of the 
police officer. They will not be detailed for guard. 

On the alarm of fire they will take their posts at once, without 
waiting for orders. 

272. Any person discovering fire will make it known quietly and 
immediately to the officer of the guard, who will cause the trumpeter 
of the guard to sound the "attention," followed by the fire call. 

273. In case of fire, the commanding officer of troops will be noti- 
fied at once, and will go on deck to preserve order and to render 
assistance to the master in any measures that may be necessary. 

274. The staff and noncommissioned staff will report at once to 
the commanding officer to assist him at such place as shall have 
been previously designated by him. 

275. In the absence of the commanding officer of troops the 
officer of the day is charged with giving the necessary orders; all 
officers will be careful not to give conflicting instructions. 

276. Company commanders will form their companies and 
remain with them, enforcing order and silence and awaiting 
instructions. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 5§ 

The guard will form on deck; extra sentinels will be posted 
where needed, to preserve order. 

The medical officer and hospital men will repair to the hospital 
and prepare to remove the sick, if necessary. 

277. The quartermaster agent will see that all staterooms are 
emptied and that all passengers, including the women and chil- 
dren, are collected in the main saloon and will remain there with 
them, unless urgent duties require his presence elsewhere, in which 
case the senior officer present will assume charge. 

278. In case of collision, man overboard, or other form of danger, 
all passengers, except such men as may have been detailed for boat 
service, will at once stand at attention and preserve silence. Upon 
receipt of proper orders commands will form promptly and quietly 
in their designated places. 

279. The recall will be sounded only by order of the commanding 
officer of troops, in the case of fire or collision, when the danger is 
past; of "man overboard," when the lifeboat shall have been 
hoisted up. 

DISEMBARKATION. 

280. On nearing port preliminary arrangements will be made 
with a view to facilitating prompt discharge of the baggage. A 
guard, commanded by an officer, will be formed just prior to 
arrival of the shin at the wharf. _ This guard will be the first to 
disembark and will furnish sentinels to guard the baggage and 
keep the wharf clear. 

281. Staff officers, with the instructions of higher authority, and 
orderlies to act as guides, should meet the command at the wharf. 

282. The troops will leave the ship by company, the order pi 
departure being the inverse of the order of embarkation, and will 
form on the wharf under their officers. Each battalion will make 
the details required of it, and will then be marched to its camp. 
The regimental noncommissioned staff and band will march with 
one of the battalions. 

283. The following details will be required: 

One group to report to the police office to clean up the parts of 
the ship vacated by the troops. 

m One group to report to the quartermaster of the troops to unload 
light baggage of officers and men and the camp equipage. 

One group to report to the quartermaster of the troops to unload 
ammunition and property. 



5B AEMY TRANSPORT SERVIOl REGULATIONS. 

Each group of details will be assembled on the wharf, stack arms, 
unsling packs, and place a guard over them; they will then be 
marched back to the ship and assigned to work by their officers. 

284. The regimental and battalion quartermasters and the regi- 
mental and company quartermaster-sergeants in conjunction with 
the ship's officers will have charge of the unloading and sorting of 
the baggage, ammunition, and property, and of its transfer to 
camp; each wagonload should have two men as guard. 

285. No men, except the authorized details, will be allowed to 
return to the ship. 

The guard on board will be kept until the baggage and property 
are discharged and the police of the mess and berth decks is com- 
pleted and will be the last to leave the ship. 

286. When the transport is unable to come alongside the wharf 
the troops will be landed in small boats, towed by launches, or by 
means of tugs or lighters. 

The same general method of procedure will be followed as at a 
wharf, the details previously arranged and an advance guard being 
first landed, followed by the men with their arms and equipments; 
though in this case men who are detailed for fatigue duty on board 
will not leave the ship with their companies. 

Great care must be taken to avoid overcrowding the small boats, 
and the men will be cautioned to remain seated and quiet. 

When there is no wharf, each ship's boat will be manned by men 
of the crew to row and beach the boat after it is released by the 
launch. 

TRANSPORTATION OP ANIMALS AT SEA. 

287. For the transportation of animals at sea the Transport 
Service should be equipped with large steamers provided with 
bilge keels. The interior fittings should be of the most substantial 
character, the construction and arrangement of the stalls being in 
accordance with approved plans on file in the office of the Quarter- 
master General. 

288. Before loading animals the quartermaster in charge of the 
shipment shoald satisfy himself that ample forage and water are 
provided for the voyage ; that the provisions for electric lighting and 
for ventilation are satisfactory; that there is a sufficient number of 
attendants; that adequate veterinary supplies, disinfectants, and 
appliances for feeding, watering, grooming, and policing are on 
board, and that the ship is clean and sanitary. 



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289. All animals suffering from infectious or contagious disease 
and those which, are weak or very old should be separated as unfit 
for embarkation. 

290. For short voyages and immediate service upon landing the 
animals may be shod; but when the voyage is to occupy a month or 
more the shoes should be removed, as the growth of the hoofs would 
necessitate reshoeing anyway immediately after landing. 

291. It is not desirable that animals be embarked in high condi- 
tion; their forage should be reduced, and the day before embarka- 
tion they should be fed bran mash. 

They should not be watered or fed for several hours before embar- 
kation. 

EMBARKATION. 

292. With the transport at the wharf the animals are led on board 
on ramps, or they are hoisted by means of slings or flying stalls. 
The ramps, decks, etc., should be covered with sawdust or litter; 
the ramps should have closed sides 5 feet high. 

293. The animals should be led in quietly, without interruption, 
starting with a gentle animal. Those that refuse the ramp should 
be led aside and later may be blindfolded, and, if necessary, be 
assisted by a rope passed in rear of the haunches. 

On reaching the stable deck the animals will at once be led to the 
farthest vacant stalls, where a feed of hay should be ready for them. 

294. When animals are slung, all the apparatus will be carefully 
inspected beforehand, and great care will be taken to prevent injury 
in hoisting or lowering. 

Two guys will be fastened to the halter ring, one to be held on the 
wharf and the other on board. 

When all is ready and the word "hoist away" is given, the 
animals should be hoisted steadily and rapidly to the required 
height and then carefully swung and lowered. Two or more 
men should be stationed at the hatchway and between decks to 
guide the animals when being lowered and to receive them and 
prevent their plunging. 

295. When the transport can not come alongside a wharf the 
animals must be conveyed to it in lighters or flatboats and hoisted 
or led on board. To reach the lighter from shore, gangways or 
temporary platforms may be used. 



58 AHMY TRANSPORT SERVICE Rl&tfXATIONS, 

CARE OF ANIMALS ON BOARD. 

296. Personnel. — For the whole cargo of animals there should be 1 
senior noncommissioned officer, 3 cooks, 1 forage master, 1 veteri- 
narian and 1 assistant, and for each 100 animals there should be 1 
noncommissioned officer and 15 privates. After making details for 
guard, kitchen police and mess attendants, and the usual allowance 
for sickness, every private will be required to care for about 10 
animals. When the personnel consists of civilian employees, a 
train master and wagon masters take the places of noncommissioned 
officers and teamsters take the place of privates indicated in this 
paragraph. 

297. Assignment. — The ship will be divided into sections, to each 
of which a noncommissioned officer with a squad will be assigned. 
The stalls should be numbered and the limits of the sections 
accurately defined so that each noncommissioned officer may know 
exactly for what animals and space he is responsible. 

The noncommissioned officer in charge of a squad makes his own 
details, calls the roll, keeps a forage record, and notes on the bulletin 
board the names of men on guard and the number of horses sick. 

The senior noncommissioned officer exercises a general supervi- 
sion, keeps the forage accounts, makes out the morning report, 
and is responsible for cleanliness and good order. 

298. Feeding. — For the first day or two at sea the full ration of 
hay should be fed, but no grain. After that half a ration of oats 
should be given daily and bran mashes about twice a week. Extra 
hay may be fed and a larger allowance of grain given to animals 
needing it. Salt may be fed in the bran mash or otherwise. 

299. Watering. — A supply of pure drinking water of not less than 
10 gallons per day for each animal must be provided. Animals will 
be watered three times a day — before being fed in the morning, at 
noon, and before afternoon stables. Watering will be from buckets 
or zinc tubs filled through a hose provided with a stopcock at the 
end, thus avoiding waste. 

300. Grooming and stable police. — The animals should be thor- 
oughly groomed at afternoon stables, particular attention being I 
given to hand rubbing the legs and sponging out the eyes, nostrils, 
and dock. 

301. After breakfast each day the ship will be thoroughly policed. 
Stable orderlies at the rate of one for each 50 animals will be con- 
stantlv on dutv with the animals, and all manure will be at once 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 59 

removed and not allowed to accumulate. With the aid of a hose the 
decks will then be scrubbed and washed down. Vinegar will be 
applied once a day to the feed troughs with a brush, and disin- 
fectants sprinkled about the stalls and in the passageways. 

302. Sick animals. — A few large stalls near hatchways should be 
reserved for sick animals. As forage is fed , other space will become 
available for ailing animals. The veterinary surgeon and his 
assistant will take charge of the treatment. In fairly smooth 
weather it will be better to supply sufficient litter for the animal 
to lie down than to trice him up in a sling. 

303. Inspection. — When the morning's work is completed the 
ship should be thoroughly inspected. The stalls and passageways 
must be clean and the scuppers clear. The commanders of squads 
must be held to strict responsibility for the condition of the ani- 
mals and space assigned to them. 

The veterinary surgeon will inspect at least once a day and keep 
a sharp lookout for signs of infectious or contagious diseases. He 
will make recommendations concerning necessary sanitary meas- 
ures to the officer in charge. 

304. M ess.— The detachment may be fed by the ship's cook, or 
or it may do its own cooking in the galley provided for that pur- 
pose. In either case the mess should be carefully looked after to 
see that the galley and surroundings are kept clean, and that a 
sufficient quantity and variety of food is properly cooked and 
served . 

305. Miscellaneous. — Each stall will have cleats nailed to the 
floor and continued into the passageway in front. 

Two halter chains will be provided, one fastened to each front 
stanchion with end and center straps, so that they can be used 
either long or short, as desired. 

The animals will at all times be fastened in the stalls by; chain 
from each stanchion, the short attachment being used in fair 
weather, the long in rough weather or when feeding from deck, the 
object being in rough weather to allow the animals to step forward 
and get room to swing with the vessel and not be thrown, 

DISEMBARKATION, 

306. With the transport alongside a wharf the animals may be 
led up on ramps and down a gangway, or hoisted and lowered by 
means of slings or the flying stall, the latter being preferred. 



60 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS, 

A bed of sawdust, soft earth, or straw should be prepared to pre- 
vent injury to the knees of animals, which may fall upon landing. 
Animals will be received by men on shore, and when a sufficient 
number has landed they will be led to the stables, picket lines, or 
corrals provided . 

307. When it is necessary to lower horses into lighters the great- 
est care must be taken, especially if there is a swell, to prevent 
injury. The horse should be received by several careful men on 
a bed of straw, and the tackle must be slacked down rapidly or 
let go altogether as soon as he strikes the boat in order that he 
may gain his footing. 

In smooth water it is best to construct a ramp from the ship to 
the lighter. This will facilitate unloading and save risk of injury. 

308. Animals may be landed by swimming, being lowered into 
the water by means of a sling or the flying stall, or they may be 
led to a port and forced into the water. The latter method, when 
practicable, is safer and quicker. 

A gang plank constructed of boards 1G feet long, the crosspieces 
being nailed on the under side, is poised on the edge of the port. 
The "animal is led to the port, a light rope is tossed up from a boat 
below and passed through the halter ring; the animal is then forced 
into the water by lifting up the interior end of the plank. When 
he begins to swim he is pulled up close to the boat, care being 
taken not to hold his head too high for swimming. At the beach 
the rope is given to a man who wades out from shore and takes 
charge of the animal. 

309. Animals landed after a long voyage should not be used for 
several days. By means of ample rest, gentle exercise, good 
grooming and feeding, they should be recuperated before requiring 
work of them, being in the meantime reshod if necessary. 

RULES FOR NAVAL CONVOY OF MILITARY EXPEDITIONS. 

The following rules for naval convoy of military expeditions, 
prepared by the joint board and approved by the President, as 
published in General Orders, No. 18, War Department, January 
28, 1911, are reprinted for the information and guidance of all 
concerned : 

310. All matters relating to the purchase, charter, fitting out, 
equipping, and maintenance of transports, engaging their officers 
and crews, and providing rules for their government, their interior 
discipline and administration, shall be controlled by the Army. 



AEMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 61 

311. If practicable, all transports carrying troops or animals shall 
be supplied with, distilling apparatus adequate for the supply of 
water required. As a reserve in case of emergency, a distilling 
ship, furnished by the Navy, shall, if practicable, accompany each 
convoy. 

312. (a) All matters relating to the loading of the transports with 
troops, animals, or stores and the quota or cargo to be assigned each 
vessel will be under the charge of the Army. 

(6) The discharge of troops, animals, and stores from the trans- 
ports into the boats and their transfer in boats to the shore will be 
in charge of the Navy, and will be carried out at such time and in 
such order as the Army commander may decide. 

313. (a) An expedition oversea which requires naval convoy 
being decided upon, as soon as the transports begin to assemble 
at the rendezvous a naval officer of suitable rank shall be appointed 
as convoy commander and be supplied with information concern- 
ing the strength of the expedition and its proposed objective. 

(6) The Army authorities shall furnish him with facilities for 
inspecting the transports as they assemble, for the purpose of ascer- 
taining whether they are properly fitted with ground tackle, boats, 
lines, and all equipmentnecessary for the proper management and 
control of the convoy while in transit and while disembarking men 
and animals under the conditions which will probably be met. De- 
fects in this direction shall be by him called to the attention of the 
proper Army authority, who shall use every effort to remedy such 
defects, in accordance with the judgment of the naval convoy com- 
mander. The naval convoy commander shall render all possible as- 
sistance with the resources at his disposal. In the event that it is 
found impracticable to remedy defects which, in the opinion of the 
naval convoy commander, will threaten the safety of the convoy 
or jeopardize the success of the expedition, such defects shall be 
reported immediately to their respective departments by the Army 
and Navy convoy commanders. 

314. A naval lieutenant and a junior or warrant officer and 
four quartermasters or signalmen for each transport and supply 
vessel under convoy shall be supplied by the Navy Department 
and shall be detailed by the naval convoy commander to the 
vessels when they are ready to proceed to the anchorage deter- 
mined upon as the final rendezvous ^ for departure. Means of 
making flag, hand semaphore, and wigwag signals by day and 
night shall also be provided by the Navy Department. 



62 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS, 

315. (a) The orders as to the destination of convoy and time 
of sailing shall be issued by the Army commanding officer, under 
the authority of the War Department, and communicated to the 
naval convoy commander. Should circumstances arise after 
sailing which render a change in plan or destination necessary or 
desirable, which, change it is not practicable to refer to higher 
authority, the Army commander shall, after consultation with the 
naval convoy commander, decide as to such change. 

(&) The naval convoy commander shall have control of all 
movements of the convoy and shall establish all orders of sailing 
and formation. He shall make provision for emergencies, such 
as an attack by an enemy or dispersion of the convoy by weather 
or other circumstances. 

(c) He will make his subordinates, placed on the transports 
and supply vessels, familiar with his dispositions and plans. 

(d) Should the transports be separated from the convoying 
vessels by accident or design, the senior naval officer present and 
on duty will take charge of" the convoy and control its movements 
in accordance with the plans of the convoy commander. 

316. (a) The senior naval officer attached to a transport or 
supply vessel shall, under the authority of the naval convoy 
commander and in obedience to his orders and signals, control 
entirely the movements of the vessel in which he is embarked, 
including her anchorage. 

(&) He shall have no other authority on board. The master 
and officers of the vessel shall perform their navigation duties 
affecting her speed and movement under his direction, and should 
there be any opposition to or interference with his authority in 
any way he shall call upon the commanding officer of troops on 
board, who shall take such steps with the force under his command 
as may be necessary to enforce the authority of the naval officer 
attached to the vessel. 

317. The time, place, and order of landing will be decided upon 
by the Army officer commanding, who will consult with the naval 
convoy commander as to naval assistance, such as the covering and 
protection of the landing by the artillery of the men-of-war and 
use of naval boats. This assistance the naval convoy commander 
will render to the utmost extent practicable and with the sole 
object in view of assisting to the utmost the plan of campaign of 
the Army commanding officer. After the order of landing is made 
known to him, the naval convoy commander, in accordance there- 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 63 

with, will control the placing of the transports and supply vessels 
for disembarking the troops, animals, munitions and stores and 
will control the loading and unloading of boats and have control 
over such area of the beach as may be necessary for the proper exe- 
cution of the above. The naval convoy commander will also con- 
trol the withdrawal of transports, when discharged, to the harbor 
and anchorage selected. In case of reembarkation under naval 
convoy the same general procedure will govern. 

318. It is deemed desirable that the Army commanding officer, 
if convenient, shall be embarked in the flagship of the naval con- 
voy commander. If not convenient, the Army commanding 
officer's transport should be out of the formation and near the flag- 
ship of the naval convoy commander, in order that communication 
between them may be readily had at any time, and in this case the 
senior naval officer assigned to transports should be embarked in 

! the same transport as the Army commanding officer. 

RULES FOR SAILING IN CONSORT WITHOUT NAVAL 
CONVOY. 

319. In the case of transports sailing in consort without naval 
convoy, the senior line officer on duty with the troops being trans- 
ported by the fleet will, after consulting with, the senior sailing 
master, issue such instructions as will insure the safety of each ves- 
sel, its passengers and cargo, and will indicate the relative posi- 
tions of the vessels to be maintained Avhile sailing in consort. 

ARMY AND NAVY TRAVELING TOGETHER ON 
SHIPBOARD. 

320. The following Executive order published in General Orders, 
No. 7, War Department, January 16, 1909, is reprinted for the in- 
formation and guidance of all concerned: 

"Enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps, while being trans- 
ported on an Army transport, shall be subject to and obey the United 
States Army Transport Service Regulations, and shall be liable 
to their proportionate share of police and guard duty whenever the 
commanding officer of troops on board the transport shall deem it 
advisable to divide those duties between the enlisted men of the 
Army and those of the Navy or Marine Corps on board. Enlisted 
men of the Navy and Marine Corps may also be called upon, but 



64 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 

only when, in the judgment of said commanding officer, there is 
an emergency, to perform such duty as their special knowledge and 
skill may enable them to perform. 

"Enlisted men of the Army, while being transported on a naval 
vessel, shall be subject to and obey the regulations of the ship, and 
shall be liable to their proportionate share of police and guard duty 
whenever the commanding officer of the ship shall deem it advis- ] 
able to divide those duties between the enlisted men of the Navy | 
and those of the Army on board. Enlisted men of the Army may 
also be called upon, but only when, in the judgment of said com- 
manding officer, there is an emergency, to perform such duties as 
then special knowledge and skill may enable them to perform. 

''All orders to enlisted men of the Navy or Marine Corps on board 
an Army transport, or to enlisted men of the Army on board a naval 
vessel, shall, as far as practicable, be given through their re- 
spective officers, noncommissioned or petty officers." 



INDEX. 



{References are to paragraphs.) 

Absence. (See Leaves of absence.) 

Agent at ovei-sea ports. (See Transport agent.) 

Agent, quartermaster. (See Quartermaster agent.) 

Alterations, 102, 122, 137. 

Ammunition, loading, 197. 

Animals: 

Care of, on board, general rules — 
Assignment, 297. 
Feeding, 298. 
Grooming, 300 
Inspection, 303. 
Miscellaneous, 305. 
Personnel, 296. 
Sick animals, 302. 
Stable police, 301. 
Watering, 299. 
Condition of, 289, 291. 
Crew to assist in care of, 84. 
Disembarkation, 306-309. 
Embarkation, 292-295. 
Fitting ships for, 287, 288, 297, 305. 
Preparation of, for embarkation, 291. 
Shoeing, 290. 
Supplies, etc., for, 288. 
Appointments: 

Agent at over-sea ports, 6. 

Assistant to general superintendent, 5. 

Assistant to marine superintendent, 6. 

Assistant to superintending engineer, 6. 

Chief stevedore, 6. 

General superintendent, 5. 

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66 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 

Appointments — Continued. 

Marine superintendent, 6. 

Medical superintendent, 5. 

Oath of service, 40, 47. 

Personnel— 

At home ports, 5-7. 
On transports, 5-7. 

Port steward, 6. 

Quartermaster agent, 6. 

Quartermaster purveyor, 6. 

Ship's officers, 6. 

Signal superintendent, 5. 

Superintending engineer, 6. 
Army Transport Service (see also Transports) : 

Cooperation between officers, 2, 228-230. 

Employees to be sworn, 40. 

Expenses of, I. 

Home ports, 3. 

Organization, 1, 4. 

Regulations of, supplied to ship's company, 48. 

Supervision, 2, 8. 

Supplies, 8. 
Assignment of officers, traveling as passengers, to duty, 226£. 
Assistant to general superintendent, 4. 

Assignment, 6, 9. 

Duties, 9. 

Qualifications, 9. 
Assistant to marine superintendent, 4. 

Appointments, 6, 13. 

Duties, 13. 

Qualifications, 13. 
Assistant *o superintending engineer, 4. 

Appointment, 6. 

Duties, 15. 

Qualifications, 15. 
Baggage: 

Combustibles and explosives excluded, 198. 

Disembarkation, 280, 283-285. 

Loading, 197, 202, 209, 210. 

Marking, 200. 

Officers', 209. 

Packing, 199. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 67 

Band, concerts by, 254, 
Blankets, marking of, 32. 
Board money: 

Increase in pay in lieu of, 168. 

Kate of payment, 168. 

When paid, 168. 
Boat muster, 59. (See also Boats.) 
Boats: 

Condition of, and apparatus, 78, 96. 

Detail of troops for assignment to, 226. 

Exercise of crew, 79. 

Landing by, 286. 

Muster, 59. 
Books and blanks, supplied by general superintendent, 19, 132. 
Bridge: 

Officer always stationed on at sea, 104 

"Who allowed upon, 219. 
Bugle calls, 245. 
Bulletin board, 213. 

To contain what, 213, 214. 
Cabins. (See Staterooms.) 
Cargo. (See also Stores) : 

Duty of first officer as to, 98. 

Storage and care of, 18. 
Casualties: 

Report of collisions, etc., 89. 
f General regulations, 278. 
Chief engineer, duties, 122-143. 
Chief stevedore, 4. 

Appointment, 6. 

Duties, 18. 

Qualifications, 18. 

Under supervision of marine superintendent, 12. 
Chief steward: 

Books kept bv, 145. 

Duties, 144-147. 

Inspection by, 145. 

Requisitions, 145, 146. 

Responsibility for cleanliness, 145, 147. 

Saloon watch, 145. 

Waste, 145. 



68 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 

Children, subsistence on transports, 165. 
Civilian employees. (See Employees.) 
Cleanliness: 

Responsibility of chief engineer, 139. 

Responsibility of chief steward, 145, 147. 

Responsibility of master, 82, 85. 

Ship, 84, 86. 

Staterooms, 232. 

Troops, 83. 
Clothing, marking of, 33. 
Collisions, etc. (See Casualties.) 
Commanding officer of troops: 

Assignment of troops, 201, 205. 

Band concerts, 254. 

Control of ship, 226, 229. 

Deck plans of ships, 26, 201. 

Embarkation of troops, 196, 201. 

Extra details of troops, 226, 239. 

Fire, duties in case of, 271, 273, 279. 

General duties, 226-234. 

Harmony to be promoted, 2, 228, 229. 

Inspection by, 232, 252. 

Prevention of embarkation of unauthorized persons, 204. 

Reports, 193, 232, 234. 

Returns of troops, etc., 193, 212, 233. 

Routine on board, 231. 

Sailing orders, 22. 

Sentinels, 201. 

Stateroom, 34. 

Support of master, 230. 

Uniform prescribed by, 231. 

Visits of officials, 187. 
Commercial vessels, subsistence on. 167. 
Company commander: 

Embarkation of command, 204. 

Fire, duty in case of, 276. 

To report men who have infectious diseases, 195. 
Complaints: 

Assignment of staterooms, 34. 

By officers and men generally, 224. 

Food, 162. 

Management of ship, 226. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 69 

Consort, without convoy, 319. 
Convalescents, disposition of, 225. 
Convoys, general regulations, 310-318. 
Cooperation, promotion of, 2,228-230. 
Crew. (See also Ship's company) : 

Boat exercise, 79. 

Boat muster, 59. 

Fire muster, 59. 

Friends of, when permitted on board, 99. 

Increase in pay in lieu of board wages, 168. 

Lodgings or increase of pay in lieu of quarters, 168. 

Physical examination, 181. 

Prevention of disease, 183. 

Ration, 158. 

Retention of, when ship undergoing repairs, 168. 

Signing ship's articles, 24. 
Damages, responsibility for, 232, 
Deaths, 39. 
Deck department, 48. 

Deck officer, 103-121. 

First officer, 90-102. 

Fourth officer, 103. 

Master, 20-26, 64-89. 

Second officer, 103. 

Third officer, 103. 
Deck officer: 

Duties, 104-121. 

Precautions to be taken by, 106-121. 

Stationed on bridge, 104. 
Desertion, 42-45. 

Reward for apprehension of deserter, 46. 
Diseases: 

Fumigation of ship, 87. 

Prevention of, 178, 183, 195. 
Disembarkation : 

Animals, 306-309. 

Baggage, 280, 283-285. 

In boats, 286. 

Property, 283, 284. 

Troops, 185, 282, 285, 286. 



70 AHMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS, 

Docking: 

At home ports, 12. 

At over-sea ports, 19, 192. 

Observation of dock regulations, 60. 
Dock regulations, observance of, 60. 
Dressing ship, 186. 

Duty, assignment to; officers en route, 226^. 
Embarkation: 

Animals, 292-295. 

Leaving ship after, 211. 

Property, etc., 197-200,202, 209, 210. 

Troops, 196, 201-212. 

Unauthorized persons, 204. 
Emergency rations: 

Issue, 171. 

Quantity carried, 171. 
Employees (see also Appointments; ship 's company): 

Employment, 7. 

Oath of service, 40, 47. 
Engine department. (See Chief engineer .) 
Enlisted men permanently attached to ship: 

Command of, 27. 

Subsistence of, 150, 151, 164. 
Enlisted men, discharged, subsistence for, 153. 
Epidemics; measures to prevent, 183, 195. 
Expenditures, report of, 38. 
Fire: 

Condition of apparatus, 80, 96. 

Duty of sentinels, 268. 

Fire muster, 59. 

General regulations, to govern troops, 270-279. 

Steam jets, 101, 137. 
Fire muster: 

Crew, 59. 

Troops, 271, 274. 
First officer: 

Alterations, 94. 

Cargo, 98. 

Condition of boats, etc., 96. 

Daily examination of ship, 94. 

Duties, 90-102. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS, 71 

First officer — Continued. 

Inspection, 94, 95. 

Inventory, 93. 

On bridge, 91. 

Requisitions, 93. 

Ship's log, 97. 

Steam apparatus, 100. 

Steam jets for extinguishing fire, 101. 

Stores, 93. 

To station officers and seamen, 92. 
Flags: 

Dressing ship, 186. 

Sizes, etc., 186. 

When at half mast, 186. 

When hoisted, 186. 
Fourth officer, duties, 103. (See Deck officer.) 
Forage master, 296. 
Freight. (See Stores.) 
Fumigation, 86, 87. 
Gambling, prohibited, 218. 
General officers, staterooms, 34. 
General superintendent, 4. 

Assignment, 5, 8. 

Assignment of passengers, 8, 21. 

Assistant, 9. 

Duties, 8. 

Employment of civilian employees, 7. 

Leaves of absence, 63. 

Qualifications, 8. 

Responsibility for funds and property, 8. 
Guard : 

Baggage guard, 280. 

Colors, 262. 

Composition of, 255. 

Duties, 256-258, 260. 

Fire, duty as to, 276. 

Officer of the, 261, 262. 

Posting, 263. 
Guests, entertainment in port, 166. 
Harbor regulations, observance of , 60. 



72 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 

Home ports, 3. 

Appointment of personnel of, 6, 7. 

Facilities at, 3. 

Personnel of, 3, 4, 5. 
Honors, 187. 
Horses. ^See Animals.) 
Hospital (see also Medical Department): 

For use of sick only, 176. 

Medical officers to treat troops, 27. 

Report as to condition, etc., 182. 

Report of patients, 182. 

Under charge of transport surgeon, 27, 176. 
Hospital Corps (see also Hospital)-. 

Report of Hospital Corps men on transport, 182. 
Hospital mess, 148, 154. 
Indigents put to work, 204. 
Inspections: 

By chief engineer, 137, 139. 

By chief steward, 145. 

By commanding officer, 232, 252. 

By master, 232. t 

By marine superintendent, 12. 

By medical superintendent, 10. 

By officer of the day, 232, 260. 

By officer of the guard, 261. 

By police officer, 232, 235. 

By port steward, 16. 

By superintending engineer, 14. 

By transport surgeon, 179. 232, 252. 

By veterinary surgeon, 303. 

General supplies, 17. 

Subsistence stores, 16, 29. 
Intoxicating liquors: 

Not allowed on transport, 62, 222. 

Seizure, 260, 267. 

When may be issued, 62. 
Laborers, employment, 18. 
Leaves of absence: 

Absence without leave, 44, 45, 63. 

When granted, 63. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 73 

Lights: 

Attention to, 81, 112. 

Duty of guard as to, 258. 

Saloon and smoking room, 253. 

When burned, 56. 
Liquors. (See Intoxicating liquors.) 
Loading and unloading: 

At home ports, 12, 188, 189. 

At over-sea ports, 19, 192. 

Duty of chief stevedore, 18. 

Duty of first officer, 98. 
Lodgings or increase of pay in lieu of quarters, 168. 
Log. (See Ship's log.) 
Lookout: 

To call stations, 96. 

Vigilance of, 106. 
Man overboard: 

Duty of sentinel, 268. 

When recall sounded, 279. 
Marine superintendent , 4 . 

Appointment, 6, 12. 

Assistant, 13. 

Duties, 12. 

Qualifications, 12. 
Master: 

Absence, 69, 70. 

Assistant to commanding officer of troops, SA. 

Boats, 78, 79. 

Cabin lights, 253. 

Chief engineer responsible to, 123. 

Chronometers, 67. 

Cleanliness on board ship, 82-86. 

Collisions, etc., 88, 89. 

Compasses, 67. 

Condition of ship, etc., 66, 78. 

Control of ship, 20, 64, 226, 230. 

Customs, 68. 

Deck plans of ship, 26. 

Duties, 20-26. 

Inspection by, 232* 

Fire service ,80. 



74 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 

Master — Continued . 

Leaves of absence, 63. 

Lights, 81. 

Navigation, 64, 70, 72-76. 

Official calls, 25. 

Passenger lists, 36. 

Passengers, 21, 34. 

Quarantine, 68, 184. 

Quarters, 34. 

Regulations, 65. 

Repairs, 102. 

Report of arrival and departure, 37. 

Report of expenditures, 38. 

Return of troops furnished to, 2?,:). 

Saloon lights, 253. 

Ship's papers, 23, 24. 

Staterooms, 21, 34, 208. 

Ventilation, 82, 85. 
Meals (see also Messes) : 

Army officers, 165. 

Children, 165. 

Complaints, 162. 

Guests, 166 . 

Not served in stateroom or quarters, 160, 243. 

Passengers, 149, 150, 153, 154. 

Payment for, 164-167. 

Quartermaster Corps to provide, 155. 

Who entitled to free subsistence, 164. 
Medical Department (see also Medical superintendent)'. 

Employment of civilian employees, 7. 

Hospital, 176. 

Personnel, 177. 

Requisitions for supplies, 182. 

Supervision, 2. 
Medical officers: 

Duties on transports, 182. 

Report men who have infectious diseases, 195. 

Report, 182. 

Treat sick of command on board ship, 27. 
Medical superintendent, 4. 

Assignment, 5, 10. 

Duties, 10. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 75 

Medical superintendent, 4 — Continued. 

Employment of civilian employees, 7. 

Personnel of medical department, 177. 

Qualifications, 10. 
Memorial Day, flag at half-mast, 186. 
Messes (see also Meals; Rations) : 

Animal detachment, 304. 

Complaints, 162. 

Enlisted men — 

Discharged, 153. 
Sick, 154. 

General regulations, 148-154. 

Hospital mess, 148, 154. 

Meals or food prohibited in quarters, 161, 243. 

Mess officer, 239-244. 

Nurses, 149, 164. 

Passengers, 149, 150, 153, 154. 

Patients, 154. 

Ration of crew, 158. 

Sailors' and firemen's, 148, 152. 

Saloon, 148, 149, 165. 

Ship's officers', 148, 150, 165. 

Ship's petty officers', 148, 151, 165. 

Special diet, 154. 

Special mess, 150. 

Stores, 160. 

Troop, 148, 153, 159. 

Troops on detached duty, 150, 153. 

Waiters', 151. 
Mess officer: 

Detail of, 239. 

Duties, 239-244. 
Movements by sea, animals (see also Animals): 

Care of animals on board, 84, 296-305. 

Disembarkation, 306-309. 

Embarkation, 292-295. 

Transportation, 287-291. 
Movements by sea, troops (see also Troops): 

Certificates required for families, 194. 

Commanding officer, duties, 226-233. 

Convoys, 310-318. 

Disembarkation, 280-286. 



76 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 

Movement by sea, troops — Continued. 

Duties on board, 213-225. 

Embarkation, 202-212. 

Fire regulations, 270-279. 

General provisions, 188-196. 

Guard, 255-258. 

Mess officer, 239-244. 

Officer of the day, 259, 260. 

Officer of the guard, 261, 262. 

Police officer, 235-238. 

Preliminary arrangements, 197-201. 

Prisoners, 269. 

Routine on board, 245-254. 

Sentinels, 263-269. 
Navigation: 

Duties of watch or deck officers, 103-1:'! . 

Responsibility of master, 64, 68. 
Navy: 

Convoy of expeditions, 310-318. 

Traveling with Army on shipboard, 320. 
Nurses: 

Duties, 177. 

Mess, 149, 164. 
Oath of service: 

Administered by any commissioned officer, 40. 

Taken by all employees, 40, 47. 
Obedience to orders, 49. 
Officers, assignment to duty of, 226^ . 
Officer of the day: 

Assistance by officer of the guard, 261. 

Duties, 259, 260. 

Inspections by, 232, 260. 

Posting of guard, 203. 

Sentinels, 259, 260, 263. 
Officer of the deck. (See Deck officer.) 
Officer of the guard (see also Guard) : 

Details, 255. 

Duties, 261, 262. 

Inspections, 261 . 
Passenger lists prepared by masters, 36. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 77 



Assignment of, 8, 21. 

Limited by law to, 194. 

Lists, 21, 36. 

Meals, 149, 150, 153, 154. 

Members of families of transport personnel not allowed, 35. 

Modification of assignments, 21. 

Promenade deck, 151. 

Staterooms, 21, 34. 
Personnel. (See Appointments.) 
Police officer: 

Detail of, 235. 

Duties, 235-238. 

Inspection by, 232. 
Police of ship: 

General provisions, 235-238. 

Use of prisoners, 269. 
Port steward, 4. 

Appointment, 6. 

Duties, 16. 

Qualifications, 16. 
Prisoners, general regulations, 269. 
Promenade deck, use of, 151. 
Punishments, 41-43, 46. 
Quarantine: 

Bills incident to detention, 184. 

Duties of medical superintendent, 10. 

Duties of transport surgeons, 178. 

Master to observe quarantine laws, 68. 

Precautions to prevent epidemics, 183. 

Report of persons removed from ship, 184. 
Quartermaster agent, 4. 

Accountable for funds, 28. 

Assignment, 6, 28. 

Duties, 19, 28-32, 277. 

Fire, duties in case of, 277. 

Marking of blankets and clothing, 32. 

Members of family not allowed, 35. 

Mess utensils, 32. 

Office, in charge of, 31. 

Quarters, 34. 



78 ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 

Quartermaster agent, 4 — Continued. 

Receipts for stores, etc., loaded and unloaded, 19. 

Scrubbing and cleaning materials, 32. 

Stewards' department, in charge of, 28. 

Subsistence on transport, 149, 164. 
Quartermaster General: 

Appointment of personnel, 6, 7. 

Authorizes shipments, 188. 

Instructions to general superintendent. 8. 

Superintendent of Transport Service, 2. 
Quartermasters, duties of, at over-sea ports, 19, 192. 
Quartermaster purveyor, 4. 

Appointment, 6, 17. 

Duties, 17. 

Qualifications, 17. 

Under supervision of marine superintendent, 12. 
Radio apparatus: 

Inspection of, 11. 

Operators, 11. 

Storage batteries, care of, 11. 
Ration (see also Messes) : 

Commutation of, for noncommissioned staff officers and mem- 
bers of Hospital Corps, 169. 

Crew, 158. 

Emergency stores, 171. 

Officers and crew of tugs, etc., 163. 

Philippine crews, 158. 
Recruits, disposition of, 225. 
Repairs: 

Alterations, 102. 

Chief engineer to supervise certain, 122, 137. 

Disposition of crew when ship undergoing, 168. 

Requisitions for, not to include alterations or new work, 102. 

Steward's department, 146. 

Under direction of marine superintendent, 12. 

Under direction of superintending engineer, 14. 

What constitutes, 102. 
Reports: 

Boat muster, 59. 

By chief engineer, 122, 132, 143. 

By chief steward, 146. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 79 

Reports — Continued . 

By commanding officer, 193, 232, 234. 

By medical officers, 182, 195. 

By transport surgeon, 179, 180, 182, 184. 

Collisions, etc., 89. 

Condition of steam apparatus, 100. 

Condition of steam jets, 101. 

Deaths, 39. 

Expenditures, 38. 

Fire muster, 59. 
Returns, 193, 212, 233. 
Routine on board: 

Band concerts, 254. 

Bathing, 250. 

Bedding, 246, 248. 

Berth decks, cleared, 247. 

Calls, 245, 246. 

Exercise, 249. 

Inspection, daily, 252. 

Lights, 253. 

Prescribed by commanding officer, 231. 

Swimming in harbor, 251. 
Saloon watch, stationing of, 145. 
Savings, disposition of articles saved, 29. 
Second officer, duties, 103. (See also Deck ejficer.) 
Sentinels: 

Duties, 263-268. 

Fire, duty as to, 276. 

Number, 201. 

Posting, 201, 259, 260. 

Prisoners, 269. 
Ship's company (see also Crew; Master): 

Absence without leave, AA 45, 63. 

Board money, 168, 169 

Boat muster, 59. 

Departments into which divided, 48. 

Deportment, 50. 

Desertion, 43-46. 

General rules for operation of ship, 56. 

Increase in pay in lieu of board wages, 168. 

Information regarding ship not to be given, 54. 



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Ship's company — Continued. 

Intoxicating liquors, 62. 

Leaves of absence, 63. 

Lookout, 96. 

Neat appearance, 51. 

Oath of service, 40, 47. 

Obedience, 49. 

Prevention of disease, 183. 

Profane or boisterous language forbidden, 52. 

Punishments, 41, 42. 

Regulations, 48. 

Smoking on duty forbidden, 53. 

Station bill, 92. 

Traffic, sale, or barter on board ship prohibited, 55. 

Uniform, 51. 

Watch bill, 92. 
Ship's log: 

Collisions, etc., recorded, 88. 

Method of keeping, 61, 97, 114, 115. 

Record of fire muster, 59. 
Signal Corps superintendent, 4. 

Assignment, 5, 11. 

Duties, 11. 

Employment of civilian employees, 7. 

Inspection of radio apparatus, II. 

Radio operators, 11. 
Smoking: 

Rules as to, 214. 

Where permitted, 221. 
Staterooms, 21, 34. 

Assignment, 21, 34, 208. 

Baggage, 209. 

Bed linen, 32. 

Cleaning, 145, 147, 232. 

Commanding officer of troops, 34. 

Furniture, 32. 

General officers, 34. 

Inspection, 232. 

Modification of assignment, 21. 

Permanent officers of transport, 34. 

Towels, 32. 

Vacation of, for cleaning, etc., 232. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 81 

Stevedores, employment, 18. 

Steward's department (see also Chief steward; Meals; Messes): 

Board money, 168, 169. 

Cleanliness, 145, 232. 

Defects, 146. 

Duties of guard in relation to, 257. 
Stores: 

Authority for shipment, 188. 

Bills of lading, 190. 

Delivery at destination, 191, 192. 

Disposition of freights, 189. 

Invoices, 190, 191. 

Loading, 189, 192. 

Notice of intended shipment, 188. 

Receipts for, 19. 
Stowaways: 

Put to work, 204. 

Steps to prevent carrying of, 204. 
Subsistence (see also Meals; Messes; Subsistence stores): 

Children, 165. 

Free, to whom, 164. 

On commercial vessels, 167. 
Subsistence storekeeper: 

In charge of sales, 175. 

To be commissary sergeant, if practicable, 175. 
Subsistence stores: 

Condition of, 29, 145, 171. 

Emergency rations, 171. 

Inspection, 16, 29. 

Inventory, 29. 

Issue, 29." 

Overcharges, 175. 

Price lists, 175. 

Removal during fumigation, 87. 

Requisitions, 172. 

Sales, 175. 
Superintending engineer, 4. 

Appointment, 6. 

Assistant, 15. 

Duties, 14. 

Qualifications, 14. 

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Third officer, duties, 103. (See also Deck officer.) 
Train master, 29tk 
Transport agent, 4. 
Appointment, 6. 
Duties, 19, 192. 
Transport quartermaster, 33. 
Transportation (see also Movements by sea): 
Certificates required for families, 194. 

Limited by law to, 194. 

Wives and families of transport and ship's officers, 35. 
Transports: 

Alterations, 102, 122, 137. 

Appointment of personnel, 5, 7. 

Cleanliness of ship, 82-86. 

Consort without convoy, 319. 

Control of, 20, 226, 230. 

Convoys, 310-318. 

Docking, 12, 19. 

Expenditures on voyage, 38. 

Inspection. (See Inspections.) 

Loading and unloading, 12, 18, 19. 

Marine superintendent has charge of, at home port, 12. 

Officers of transport service, 4-6. 

Repairs, 12, 14, 122, 137, 146. 

Routine (for troops) on board, 245-254. 

Safety of vessels in consort, 245, 254. 

Supervision, 8. 

Supplies, 8, 32. 

Traffic, sale, or barter on board ship prohibited, 55. 

Transportation on, limited to, 194. 
Transport Service. (See Army Transport Service.) 
Transport surgeon, 4, 27. 

Assignment, 5, 27. ■•;'.> 

Command of enlisted men permanently attached to ship, 27. 

Duties, 27, 176, 178. 

Fumigation, etc., when indicated, 86. 

Hospital, 27, 176, 182. 

Hospital Corps, report on men of, 182. 

Inspections, 179, 232, 252. 

Medical attendance given discharged enlisted men, 27.. 

Physical examination of crew, 181. 

Precautions to prevent epidemics, 183. 



ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE REGULATIONS. 83 

Transport surgeon — Continued. 

Quarantine regulations, etc., 178, 183, 184. 

Reports, 179, 180, 182, 184. 

Requisitions for medical supplies, 182. 

Subsistence on transport, 149, 164. 

Troops treated by medical officer of command, 27. 
Troops: 

Assignment on ship, 201. 

Assignment to boats, 226. 

Cleanliness, 83. 

Complaints by, 224. 

Discipline on board, 83. 

Diseased, embarkation of, prohibited, 195. 

Embarkation, 196, 201-212. 

First meal on board, 159, 207. 

Food prohibited in sleeping quarters, 243. 

General duties on board, 213-225. 

Landing at ports en route, 185. 

Mess, 148, 153, 159, 239-244. 

Movements by sea. (See Movements by sea; Troops.) 

Police of quarters on ship, 235, 238, 320. 

Quarters for, when traveling on detached duty, 150. 

Returns of, by commanding officer, 193, 212, 233. 

Routine on board, 231, 245-254. (See also Routine on board.) 

Subsistence of, when traveling on detached duty, 150, 153. 

Swimming in harbor, 251. 
Tugs, etc., rations of crew, etc., 163. 
Uniform : 

Employees', when worn, 51. 

Military, prescribed by commanding officer, 231. 
Unloading. (See Loading and unloading.) 
Vaccination, 183, 195. 
Ventilation : 

Responsibility of master, 82, 85. 

Steward's department, 145. 
Veterinarian, 294. 

Inspection by, 303. 
Wagon master, 296. 
Watchmen, employment, 18. 

Watch officer, talking to, prohibited, 220. (See Deck officer.) 
Whistle, when blown, 56. 

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